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straitlaced

adjective

variants: or straightlaced

Synonyms and Antonyms of straitlaced

given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals

a very straitlaced old lady who believed that cleavage was something that should be shown by rock crystals, not respectable women

Synonyms of straitlaced

bluenosed, nice-nelly, prim, prudish, puritanical, Victorian

Words Related to straitlaced

priggish, staid, stuffy

genteel, proper, refined

decent, honest, moral, right, righteous, upright, virtuous

Near Antonyms of straitlaced

liberated, permissive

bad, immoral, improper, indecent, lax, lecherous, lickerish, loose, prurient, wicked

skanky [slang], slatternly, sleazy, sluttish, slutty, trampy

debauched, degenerate, degraded, depraved, perverted

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