straight-laced
strait-laced
or straight-laced
- excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- tightly laced, as a bodice.
- wearing tightly laced garments.
Origin of strait-laced
Related Words for straight-laced
rigid, bigoted, bourgeois, commonplace, conforming, conservative, demure, dogmatic, hackneyed, humdrum, illiberal, inflexible, insular, lame, literal, moderate, moral, narrow, narrow-minded, obstinateExamples from the Web for straight-laced
Contemporary Examples of straight-laced
Thwarted by straight-laced parents, vivacious Flo eventually eloped to Philly with a doctor and then divorced.
William Parker is a straight-laced cop with dreams of ridding L.A of its crime and endemic corruption.
One of my students started senior year straight-laced and dreaming of studying engineering at Georgia Tech.
Historical Examples of straight-laced
In fact, he was so merry that, by the straight-laced Puritans, he was thought ungodly.
The Witch of SalemJohn R. Musick
Goodness, you can't afford to be as straight-laced as all that, in this town.
Cape of StormsPercival Pollard
But Christopher Wellwyn's heart is too full of humanity to admit of such a straight-laced attitude.
The Social Significance of the Modern DramaEmma Goldman
One that has been discovered very recently is that the straight-faced are the straight-laced.
How to Analyze People on SightElsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
The North American, beneath his cold and straight-laced appearance, conceals a warm and enthusiastic heart.
The Gold-SeekersGustave Aimard
straight-laced
- a variant spelling of strait-laced
strait-laced
straight-laced
- prudish or puritanical