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puritanical

 
Dictionary: pu·ri·tan·i·cal   (pyʊr'ĭ-tăn'ĭ-kəl) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.
  2. Puritanical Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans.
puritanically pu'ri·tan'i·cal·ly adv.
puritanicalness pu'ri·tan'i·cal·ness n.
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adjective

    Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian. Idioms: prim and proper. See plain/fancy.

 
Antonyms: puritanical
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adj

Definition: moralistic
Antonyms: broad-minded, permissive


 
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: exaggeratedly proper
  Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian

Meaning #2: morally rigorous and strict
  Synonyms: blue, puritan, puritanic


 
 
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