STRAIGHTLACED

• (adj.) exaggeratedly proper

  "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

  synonyms : priggish , tight-laced , straitlaced , strait-laced , straight-laced , square-toed , puritanical , prudish , prissy , prim , victorian

  Her excessively prim behavior makes her a bore. -added by naila_inlas

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