Synonyms: blue, puritanic, puritanical
Definition: morally rigorous and strict
Usage: the puritan work ethic; puritanic distaste for alcohol; she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
Similar words: nonindulgent, strict
Definition: characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
Synonyms: victorian, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical
Definition: exaggeratedly proper
Usage: my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Similar words: proper
Definition: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
Usage: proper medical treatment; proper manners