puritanical

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
• Pertains to noun:
puritan, Puritanism
• Derivationally related forms:
Puritanism
2. exaggeratedly proper
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
• Syn:
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed,
straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
• Similar to:
proper
• Derivationally related forms:
puritan, prudishness (for: prudish), primness (for: prim), priggishness (for: priggish)
3. morally rigorous and strict
- the puritan work ethic
- puritanic distaste for alcohol
- she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
• Syn:
blue, puritanic
• Similar to:
nonindulgent, strict
• Derivationally related forms:
puritan, Puritanism, puritan (for: puritanic)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  blue(a), puritanic