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PRUDISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prudish mean?
• PRUDISH (adjective)
The adjective PRUDISH has 1 sense:
1. exaggeratedly proper
Familiarity information: PRUDISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exaggeratedly proper
Synonyms:
priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian
Context example:
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
prudishness (excessive or affected modesty)
Context examples
Is she prudish?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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