tight-laced

• Veraltetes Adjektiv für eine Person, die in moralischen oder gesellschaftlichen Fragen sehr streng, sittenstreng oder unnachgiebig ist.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is very strict, severe, or rigid in moral or social behavior.

1. Exaggeratedly properC1informal

   Strictly adhering to conventional moral or social standards, often in an overly rigid or prudish manner.

   Prüde, spießig

   • Her tight-laced attitude made her uncomfortable at the casual party.
   • He comes from a tight-laced family that frowns upon any form of fun.
   • The tight-laced rules of the old school were finally relaxed.

   Synonymepriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstrait-lacedstuffy

   Antonymebroad-mindedfreelaxliberallooseopen-mindedpermissiveunconventional