prudish
adj/ˈpɹuːdɪʃ/
Etymology From prude + -ish.
1
Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.
- Near-synonyms: prim, priggish, prissy; straight-laced; puritanical
- Young people who are close to writing off the Democratic Party as a dinosaur, as a gerontocracy of prudish abuelos who gave birth by immaculate conception, may be in for a pleasant surprise.2017 April 3, Dr A W Niloc, “Resistance Songs for Day 75 - Sex Appeal”, in Daily Kos:
- Derived terms
- prudishly, prudishness, unprudish
- Related terms
- prudery, prudishness