straitlaced

English - Turkish

Definition of straitlaced in English Turkish dictionary

bağnaz

{s} ahlak kurallarını çiğneyenleri sert bir dille eleştiren, ahlak konusunda çok katı davranan

tutucu

ahlak ve davranış konusunda tutucu

English - English

Definition of straitlaced in English English dictionary

{a} stiff, formal, narrow, constrained

Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals

{s} excessively conservative, very conventional; extremely strict

Bound with stays

alternative spelling of strait-laced

Restricted; stiff; constrained

having strict, old-fashioned ideas about moral behaviour

exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

Hyphenation

strait·laced