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straitlaced

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Bound with stays.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. exaggeratedly proper

    adj.all

    Examples
    My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts.
    Synonyms priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced tight-laced victorian

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

strait of messinastrait of ormuzstrait-lacedstraitenstraithandedstraitjacketstraitlystraitnessstraitsstraitwaistcoatstrakestrale

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