Synonyms for prudish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : proo-dish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpru dɪʃ

Top 10 synonyms for prudish Other synonyms for the word prudish

Définition of prudish

Origin :
  • 1717, from prude (adj.) + -ish. Related: Prudishly; prudishness.
  • adj shy and strict in behavior
Example sentences :
  • Pat Valdo is dressed as a prudish old lady with an enormous bustle.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • Some people thought her old fashioned, strait-laced, prudish.
  • Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow
  • His strength and his youth called to hers, expecting no prudish response.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • It is bashful, for nature is ever so; but it is not prudish, for only corruption is prudish.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Friedrich Schiller » by Thomas Carlyle
  • I'm in earnest; I don't want any prudish weights on this conversation.
  • Extract from : « Sunlight Patch » by Credo Fitch Harris
  • Only dont be too much shocked by my frankness; dont be prudish.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • There was nothing masculine about her, nothing emancipated, nor was she in the least prudish.
  • Extract from : « The Confession of a Fool » by August Strindberg
  • She is too sentimental, too prudish with her vow and its sophistical evasion.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • She fell under the tyranny of the risqu, which is as fell as the tyranny of the prudish.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • They were essentials of propriety then—natural, and never viewed as prudish.
  • Extract from : « Chantry House » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Antonyms for prudish

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