straight-laced

straight-laced
Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.

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  • straight-laced — straight′ laced′ adj. strait laced …   From formal English to slang

  • straight-laced — [strāt′lāst΄] adj. STRAIT LACED (sense 2) …   English World dictionary

  • straight-laced — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • straight-laced — straight lacedly /strayt lay sid lee, layst lee/, adv. straight lacedness, n. /strayt layst /, adj. strait laced. * * * …   Universalium

  • straight-laced — see strait laced …   English dictionary

  • straight-laced — adjective variant spelling of strait laced …   English new terms dictionary

  • straight-laced — UK / US See: strait laced …   English dictionary

  • straight·laced — variant spelling of ↑straitlaced ↑straitlaced …   Useful english dictionary

  • straight — straight, strait 1. Straight is a Middle English past participle of the verb stretch and has many meanings in modern English, primarily ‘extending uniformly in the same direction without a curve or bend’. Strait, which has the basic meaning… …   Modern English usage

  • straight — {{11}}straight (adj.1) mid 14c., direct, undeviating, not crooked, properly that which is stretched, adj. use of O.E. streht (altered, by analogy with streccan, from earlier streaht), pp. of streccan to stretch (see STRETCH (Cf. stretch) (v.)).… …   Etymology dictionary

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