Definition of prudish
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prudishly
adverb
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Examples of prudish in a Sentence
by the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous
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Think men cast as Mary, the plain and prudish Bennet sister, and as the snobbish Miss Bingley.
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This is not the prudish queen of the history books.
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First Known Use of prudish
1717
prudish Synonyms
Synonyms
bluenosed, nice-nelly, prim, straitlaced, puritanical, VictorianRelated Words
priggish, staid, stuffy; genteel, proper, refined; decent, honest, moral, right, righteous, upright, virtuousNear Antonyms
liberated, permissive; bad, immoral, improper, indecent, lax, lecherous, lickerish, loose, prurient, wicked; skanky [slang], slatternly, sleazy, sluttish, slutty, trampy; debauched, degenerate, degraded, depraved, pervertedLearn More about prudish
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