She has a puritanical attitude when it comes to observing Sundays, attending church without fail.Her sense of modesty when it comes to the clothes she wears may be considered by some as almost puritanical.
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia was created on 2001-03-20.
According to the Webster's New Collegiate dictionary, a wowser is an obtrusively puritanical person. The word is a noun, origin unknown/chiefly Austral. Hope this helps.
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Oppressive? Stringent? Puritanical? Rigid
Having a sense of moral righteousness.
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The old puritanical stoic attitude of "just get over it". If you can't "just get over it" then you must be "weak willed". But I'm sorry, many people fight it all their lives with unbelievably strong wills and still never "just get over it", it returns and returns and returns!
It refers to the happiness some people derive from their disapproval of others.
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"Puritanical" refers to having strict moral or religious principles, often to the point of being excessively censorious or prudish. It implies a rigid adherence to moral standards and a tendency to judge others based on those standards.
In the sense of 'lewd', an antonym would be 'conservative' or 'puritanical'. In the sense of 'slippery', an antonym would be 'sticky'.