puritanical

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puritanical Definition

• (a) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
• (s) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn''t approve of my miniskirts"
• (s) morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"

puritanical Synonyms

• blue(a)
• priggish
• prim
• prissy
• prudish
• puritan
• puritanic
• puritanical
• square-toed
• straight-laced
• straightlaced
• strait-laced
• straitlaced
• tight-laced
• victorian