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straightlaced

/ˈstreɪt.leɪst/

Traducción: Describe a una persona muy estricta, conservadora y moralmente intachable en su comportamiento y opiniones, a menudo excesivamente rígida o puritana.

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adjective

/ˈstreɪt.leɪst/C1formalamerican
  • esDescribe a una persona muy estricta, conservadora y moralmente intachable en su comportamiento y opiniones, a menudo excesivamente rígida o puritana.

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.

    esmojigato, remilgado

    • 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.

    Sinónimosconventionalformalgenteelhideboundnarrow-mindedold-fashionedpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstaidstrictstuffyuptight

    Antónimosbroad-mindeddissoluteeasygoingfreeliberallicentiouslooseunconventional

Formas
  • more straightlaced comparative form
  • most straightlaced superlative form