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prudish adjective [ ˈpruːdɪʃ ]

• having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety.
• "the prudish moral climate of the late 19th century"
Similar: puritanical, puritan, priggish, prim, prim and proper, formal, moralistic, strait-laced, prissy, mimsy, stuffy, niminy-piminy, Victorian, old-maid, old-maidish, schoolmistressy, schoolmarmish, governessy, goody-goody, starchy, Grundyish,
Opposite: permissive, liberal, broad-minded,


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