Synonyms:
blue(a), puritanic, puritanical
Meaning: morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
Synonyms:
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
Meaning: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Synonyms:
puritanical
Meaning: of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
Usage examples
The women's vote, a little more puritanical than the men's vote, will make the result sure.
Milton in his Hymn on the Nativity shouts harsh Puritanical scorn on the oracles stricken dumb, and the deities overthrown.
The suffering and the death of these women is squarely upon the heads of the lawmakers and the puritanical, masculine-minded person who insist upon retaining the abominable legal restrictions.