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English adjective: tight-laced

1. tight-laced exaggeratedly proper


SamplesMy straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts.


Synonymspriggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, victorian


Similarproper


Antonymsimproper









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