strait-laced (adj.)

  1. exaggeratedly proper; my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesnt approve of my miniskirts

    [ Syn: priggish , prim , prissy , prudish , puritanical , square-toed , straitlaced , straightlaced , straight-laced , tight-laced , victorian ]

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