Meaning

1 senses
  1. Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

    Near-synonyms: prim, priggish, prissy; straight-laced; puritanical

    prüde

    жема́нныйžemánnyj, стыдли́выйstydlívyj

More definitions
  • exaggeratedly proper

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom is prudish.

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  2. She is prudish.

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  3. We are prudish.

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  4. "You're sexist." " And I think you're prudish."

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Forms

more prudish, most prudish
Comparativemore prudish Lesson
Superlativemost prudish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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