Prude

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who is excessively concerned with being or appearing to be proper, modest, or righteous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A woman who affects rigid correctness in conduct and thought; one who exhibits extreme propriety or coyness in behavior: occasionally applied also to a man.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    prudish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abood    Jude    Likud    Mahmood    Mahmoud    Rhude    abood    accrued    allude    ballyhooed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jilt    prig    coxcomb    serein    stodginess    prudishness    nouvellement    highbrow    supremacist    nombreux