strait-laced

• Beschreibt eine Person, die besonders streng, konservativ und moralisch unnachgiebig in ihrem Verhalten und ihren Ansichten ist; oft abwertend für übertrieben prüde oder spießige Haltungen.

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

1. Exaggeratedly properB2informal

   Having or showing very strict moral attitudes, often in an exaggerated or rigid way.

   Prüde, spießig, engstirnig

   • Her strait-laced parents disapproved of her punk rock style.
   • He was considered too strait-laced for the office's casual culture.
   • The community's strait-laced rules made it difficult for newcomers to fit in.

   Synonymemoralisticpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstuffyuptightvictorian

   Antonymebroad-mindedeasygoingfreeindulgentliberalloosepermissiveuninhibited