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PURITANICAL Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word puritanical. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word puritanical. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for PURITANICAL

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prudish
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

abstinent
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

adjective satellite

• self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink

ascetic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline

noun

• someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

adjective satellite

• practicing great self-denial

austere
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• severely simple

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• practicing great self-denial

moralistic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• narrowly and conventionally moral

rigorous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

severe
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

strict
adjectiveadj
adjective

• characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

adjective satellite

• rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

• (of rules) stringently enforced

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• severe and unremitting in making demands

blue
adjectiveadj
noun

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

adjective satellite

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

verb

• turn blue

priggish
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

prim
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective satellite

• affectedly dainty or refined

• exaggeratedly proper

verb

• assume a prim appearance

• contract one's lips

• dress primly

prissy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

puritanic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• morally rigorous and strict

square-toed
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

• having a square toe

straight-laced
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

straightlaced
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

strait-laced
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

straitlaced
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

tight-laced
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

victorian
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled

noun

• a person who lived during the reign of Victoria

adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

• typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria

Alternatives for PRUDISH

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