Related Definitions
[adj] morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
[adj] exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Synonyms
blue(a), nonindulgent, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritan, puritanic, square-toed, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian