puritanical

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism (synset 303116753)
  2. Exaggeratedly proper (synset 301886245)
    "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
    similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    same as: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
  3. Morally rigorous and strict (synset 301303318)
    "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"; "blue laws"
    similar to: nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
    same as: blue, puritanic

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