prude

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A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature
{n} wiswom, discretion, wariness
A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
{i} pious person, self-righteous person; excessively modest or humble person; one who behaves in an exaggeratedly proper manner
disapproval If you call someone a prude, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. someone who is very easily shocked by anything relating to sex - used to show disapproval (from prudefemme , from prode femme)
prudish
of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters
prudish
{a} like a prude, affectedly grave, formal
prudes
plural of prude
prudish
exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
prudish
{s} excessively modest or humble; overly cautious, overly careful; behaving in an excessively proper or formal manner
prudish
disapproval If you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene. + prudishness prud·ish·ness Older people will have grown up in a time of greater sexual prudishness. = prudery. very easily shocked by things relating to sex - used to show disapproval
prudish
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners
prudishly
in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste"
prudishly
in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste
prudishly
puritanically, primly, extremely modestly
prudishly
In a prudish manner
prudishness
{i} modesty, humility; excess cautiousness, exaggerated carefulness; exaggerated propriety or formality of behavior
prudishness
excessive or affected modesty
prudishness
The condition of being prudish; prudery
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