Straight-laced (Adjective)

Meaning

Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Tight-laced
• Priggish
• Prissy
• Puritanical
• Square-toed
• Straitlaced
• Strait-laced
• Straightlaced
• Prudish
• Victorian
• Prim