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strait-laced

or straight-laced (strāt′lāst′)
adj.
1. Excessively strict in behavior, morality, or opinions.
2. Having or wearing a tightly laced garment.

[strait, tightly (obsolete) + -laced (from lace).]

strait′-lac′ed·ly (-lā′sĭd-lē, -lāst′lē) adv.
strait′-lac′ed·ness n.
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strait-laced

or

straight-laced

adj
prudish or puritanical
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strait′-laced`

or straight′-laced`



adj.
1. excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical.
2. tightly laced, as a bodice.
3. wearing tightly laced garments.
[1400–50]
strait′-lac`ed•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. [画像:strait-laced - exaggeratedly proper]strait-laced - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"
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strait-laced

straight-laced
adjective puritanical, proper, prim, narrow, Victorian, strict, narrow-minded, moralistic, of the old school, prudish, old-maidish (informal), overscrupulous, niminy-piminy He was criticized for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
relaxed, uninhibited, broad-minded, loose, immoral, earthy, unreserved
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strait-laced

adjective
Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form:
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Translations

strait-laced

[ˈstreɪtˈleɪst] ADJpuritano
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strait-laced

[ˌstreɪtˈleɪst] adjpuritano/a
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strait

(streit) noun
1. (often in plural) a narrow strip of sea between two pieces of land. the straits of Gibraltar; the Bering Strait. seestraat مَضيق пролив estreito úžina, průliv die Meerenge stræde; sund πορθμός, στενό, στενά estrecho väin تنگه salmi détroit מֵיצָר जलसंयोजी tjesnac (tenger)szoros selat (mjótt) sund stretto 海峡 해협 sąsiauris jūras šaurums selat straat strede, sund cieśnina تنګه estreito strâmtoare пролив úžina, prieliv ožina moreuz sund ช่องแคบ boğaz 海峽 протока پانی کے دو قطعات کو ملانے والا راستہ eo biển 海峡
2. (in plural) difficulty; (financial) need. nood صُعوبَه، حاجَه، عُسْر مالي затруднение apuros tíseň der Engpaß vanskelighed στρίμωγμα, οικονομικές στενοχώριες aprieto kitsikus شرايط وخيم مالي ahdinko ennuis d'argent מצוקה जलडमरूमध्य škripac, neprilika nehéz helyzet kesulitan kröggur strettezze 苦境 곤경 sunki padėtis, stygius [] grūtības keadaan yang runcing moeilijkheden nød, alvorlige økonomiske problemer tarapaty وخیم مالی شرایط یا حالات apuros anan­ghie затруднительное положение; нужда tieseň škripci škripac trångmål, knipa, förlägenhet ความทุกข์ยากลําบาก sıkıntı, zor durum 困境 скрутне становище; злидні مصیبت tình cảnh khó khăn 困境
ˈstrait-jacket noun
a type of jacket with long sleeves tied behind to hold back the arms of eg a violent and insane person. dwangbuis سُتْرَة المَجانين усмирителна риза camisa de força svěrací kazajka die Zwangsjacke spændetrøje ζουρλομανδύας camisa de fuerza hullusärk كت بند pakkopaita camisole de force מְעִיל מְשוּגָעִים पागलों या हिंसक लोगों के लिए एक प्रकार का जैकेट luđačka košulja kényszerzubbony jaket orang gila spennitreyja (camicia di forza) 拘束服 (정신이상자 또는 죄수에게 입히는) 구속복 tramdomieji marškiniai trakokrekls baju pasung dwangbuis tvangstrøye kaftan bezpieczeństwa یو ډول جاکټ، کټ بند camisa de forças cămaşă de forţă смирительная рубашка zvieracia kazajka prisilni jopič ludačka košulja tvångströja เสื้อผ้าสําหรับให้คนไข้ป่วยทางจิตที่คลุ้มคลั่งใส่ deli gömleği (束縛精神病患或狂人雙臂用的) 約束衣 гамівна сорочка لمبی آستینوں والی صدری áo bó 约束衣
ˌstrait-ˈlaced adjective
strict and severe in attitude and behaviour. streng مُتَمَسِّك بالفَضيلَه بصورَةٍ مُتَزَمِّتَه строг puritano puritánský sittenstreng snerpet πουριτανός puritano väiklane خشكه مقدس ahdasmielinen collet monté קַפּדָנִי अतिनैतिक pedantan, uskogrudan prűd ketat yfir sig siðavandur rigido, rigoroso, 厳格な 엄격한 griežtas, puritoniškas puritānisks; stingrs; bargs terlalu mementingkan sopan santun preuts snerpet pruderyjny مقدسه وچه puritano încorsetat пуританский zošnurovaný, puritánsky strog puritanski moraliskt sträng เคร่งครัด bağnaz, son derece tutucu (在舉止方面)極為嚴謹的 пуританський; нетерпимий طور طریقوں میں سخت quá khắt khe, câu nệ (在举止方面)极为严谨的
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Philip, strait-laced in matters of truth, was a little shocked by this airy attitude.
Macallan was one of the strait-laced people who disapproved of the ball.
Then she could always plead moods and nerves, and the right not to be held too strictly to account; and even in the most strait-laced societies the laugh was always against the husband.
If they were clever people, those Shropshire Crawleys, they might have it all, I think; but the Shropshire Crawley is a clergyman like his Hampshire cousin, and mortally offended Miss Crawley (who had fled thither in a fit of rage against her impracticable brethren) by some strait-laced notions of morality.
Yet he was not strait-laced. And he knew nothing of common Christian morality.
The whole of debauchery." Actor Robert Pattinson, saying that young actors had become more strait-laced "The English like eccentrics.
One-liners are generously distributed among the cast including a scene-stealing Julia Davis as a strait-laced mother, who is clueless to the pomp and pageantry of the wrestling ring.
One-liners are generously distributed among the cast, including a scene-stealing Julia Davis as a strait-laced mother, who is clueless to the pomp and pageantry of the wrestling ring.
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Despite having a young fiancee, Flora, the usually strait-laced Michael throws himself into a relationship with Thomas, but can they find lasting happiness?

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