straightlaced

• Beschreibt eine Person, die sehr streng, konservativ und moralisch einwandfrei in ihrem Verhalten und ihren Ansichten ist; oft abwertend für übertrieben prüde, sittenstreng oder spießig wirkende Menschen.

Describes a person who is very strict, conventional, and morally upright in their behavior and attitudes.

1. Exaggeratedly properC1informal

   Having or showing very strict, often old-fashioned, moral or social attitudes; excessively proper or conventional.

   Prüde

   • His straightlaced parents disapproved of his punk rock music.
   • The office had a straightlaced dress code that required suits every day.
   • She found the party boring because everyone was too straightlaced to dance.

   Synonymeconventionalformalgenteelhideboundnarrow-mindedold-fashionedpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstaidstrictstuffyuptight

   Antonymebroad-mindeddissoluteeasygoingfreeliberallicentiouslooseunconventional