strait-laced

• Описывает человека, который очень строг, консервативен и морально непреклонен в своем поведении и взглядах.

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.

   Чопорный

   • 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.

   Synonymsmoralisticpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstuffyuptightvictorian

   Antonymsbroad-mindedeasygoingfreeindulgentliberalloosepermissiveuninhibited