excessively modest or humble; overly cautious, overly careful; behaving in an excessively proper or formal manner
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Prudish Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutLike a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
prudish
\prud"ish\ (?), a. like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners. a formal lecture, spoke with prudish face.
prudish
adj : exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced aunt anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian]
Adjective
1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
(synonym) priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
(similar) proper
Prudish Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A prude (Old French prude meaning honourable woman) is a person who is described as (or would describe themselves as) being concerned with decorum or propriety, significantly in excess of normal prevailing community standards. They may be perceived as being more uncomfortable than most with sexuality, nudity, alcohol, drug use or mischief.
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