prudish in English

adjective

1

having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety.

the prudish moral climate of the late 19th century

synonyms: puritanical, priggish, prim, prim and proper, moralistic, pietistic, sententious, censorious, strait-laced, Victorian, old-maidish, governessy, fussy, stuffy, strict, goody-goody, starchy

adjective

• puritanical, priggish, prim, prim and proper, moralistic, pietistic, sententious, censorious, strait-laced, Victorian, old-maidish, governessy, fussy, stuffy, strict, goody-goody, starchy
• prim, puritanical, tight-laced, priggish, square-toed, straightlaced, straight-laced, prissy, straitlaced, strait-laced

Use "prudish" in a sentence

1. Is the Bible prudish about sexual relations?

2. 14 Americans retain a strong prudish streak.

3. 10 Perhaps it was too prudish.

4. 11 America's journalists can be a little prudish.

5. 5 I think that is a prudish approach.

6. THE Bible is not prudish about sexual relations.

7. 1 I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.

8. American culture is in many ways still fairly prudish.

9. 4 They are also peculiarly prudish and voyeuristic.

10. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.

11. 2 American culture is in many ways still fairly prudish.

12. 15 No prudish worries inhibited the fathers of the French nation.

13. 13 She is sexually not so much chaste as prudish.

14. 12 She was sexually not so much chaste as prudish.

15. Bluenose definition: a puritanical or prudish person Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

16. 9 These strict and prudish ideals were those of the austere Hejaz merchants.

17. 18 DOLLY: I'm not what you think,[www.Sentencedict.com] Corinne. I'm not prudish at all.

18. 8 Take the case of the prudish Mr Parkinson, who attended the butterfly ballet.

19. 7 It wasn't that they were prudish, I could tell they'd heard it before.

20. 17 What would have been the point of a lie that makes him out a prudish simpleton?

21. 27 What would have been the point of a lie that makes him out a prudish simpleton?

22. 6 We Brits are terribly prudish and you may be, as I was, a little uneasy at first.

23. 16 Purists were quick to counter-attack accusations that the legislation threatened individual liberty and encouraged prudish self-satisfaction.

24. 3 I don't consider myself prudish but I do think the sex scenes in the film were a bit excessive.