strait-laced

• Décrit une personne très stricte, conservatrice et moralement rigide dans son comportement et ses opinions, souvent avec une connotation de pruderie ou d'excès de convenance.

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.

   d'une moralité rigide et puritaine

   • 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.

   Synonymesmoralisticpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstuffyuptightvictorian

   Antonymesbroad-mindedeasygoingfreeindulgentliberalloosepermissiveuninhibited