straitlaced

• Décrit une personne très stricte, conservatrice et moralement rigide dans son comportement et ses opinions, souvent avec une connotation de pruderie ou d'intolérance envers ce qui s'écarte des conventions.

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

1. Exaggeratedly properC1informal

   Having or showing very strict moral attitudes, especially regarding behavior, dress, or social conventions.

   D'une rigueur morale excessive

   • Her straitlaced parents disapproved of her punk rock style.
   • The company has a straitlaced dress code that forbids jeans.
   • He was considered too straitlaced for the bohemian crowd.

   Synonymesconventionalnarrow-mindedprimproperprudishpuritanicalrigidstrictstuffyuptight

   Antonymesbroad-mindeddissolutefreeimmoralliberallicentiousloosepermissiveuninhibitedunprincipled