prudish
/ˈpɹuːdɪʃ/
prudish adjective: of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.
Adjective
prudish (comparative more prudish, superlative most prudish)
- Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.
- Near-synonyms: prim, priggish, prissy; straight-laced; puritanical
- Young people who are close to writing off the Democratic Party as a dinosaur, as a gerontocracy of prudish abuelos who gave birth by immaculate conception, may be in for a pleasant surprise.2017 April 3, Dr A W Niloc, “Resistance Songs for Day 75 - Sex Appeal”, in Daily Kos
- Synonyms:
- prim, priggish, prissy, straight-laced, puritanical
prudish meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
prudish in Urdu
- خودپسند
prudish in Bengali
- অতিরিক্ত লজ্জাশীল
prudish in Malayalam
- priggish, puritanical, prim
- നിഷ്കൃഷ്ടമായ സദാചാരനിയമനിഷ്ഠ പാലിക്കുന്ന, അമിതചിട്ടയും മിതത്വവും പാലിക്കുന്ന, നടപടിച്ചടങ്ങുകൾ മുറുകെപിടിക്കുന്ന, നടപടിക്രമങ്ങൾ മുറുകെപിടിക്കുന്ന, പെരുറ്റത്തിൽ അത്യന്തം ഔപചാരികത്വമുള്ള, ഘനവും ഗൗരവവുമുള്ള
Synonyms of prudish
Forms of prudish
| comparative | more prudish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most prudish |
Origin of prudish
From prude + -ish.
Words formed from prudish
Questions about prudish
- What does prudish mean?
- Prudish means of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.
- What is prudish in Urdu?
- Prudish in Urdu is خودپسند. See Prudish meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is prudish?
- Prudish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce prudish?
- Prudish is pronounced /ˈpɹuːdɪʃ/.
Words near prudish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prudish (page history and authors); prudish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prudish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prudish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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