prudish

prud·ish

adj \ˈprü-dish\

Definition of PRUDISH

: marked by prudery : priggish

— prud·ish·ly adverb

— prud·ish·ness noun

Examples of PRUDISH

1. <by the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous>

First Known Use of PRUDISH

1717

Related to PRUDISH

Synonyms: bluenosed, nice-nelly, prim, straitlaced, puritanical, Victorian

Related Words: priggish, staid, stuffy; genteel, proper, refined; decent, honest, moral, right, righteous, upright, virtuous

Near Antonyms: 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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Rhymes with PRUDISH

dudish