tight-laced

Speech parts

1. tight-laced - Adjective

2. tight-laced - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

exaggeratedly proper

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

victorian prissy prim puritanical prudish strait-laced priggish square-toed straitlaced straight-laced straightlaced sissy proper ascetic austere
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Antonyms

off blue horny naughty rough informal
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Examples

my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tight-fistedness tight-fitting tight-knit tight-lipped tight-lipped person tight-lippedness