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adjective
- 1. having or showing very strict moral attitudes: "his strait-laced parents were horrified"
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excessively strict in manners, morals, or opinion; wearing or having a bodice or stays tightly laced… See the full definition
STRAIT-LACED definition: 1. having old-fashioned and unchanging morals, especially relating to sexual matters: 2. having…. Learn more.
If you describe someone as strait-laced, you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable. [ disapproval ] He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
To be strait-laced is to be extremely strict and uptight. Your strait-laced cousin won't be interested in joining the rest of your family in an impromptu dance party. If you know anyone who's extremely prim and proper, you can describe them as strait-laced.
Strait-laced definition: excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish. See examples of STRAIT-LACED used in a sentence.
adj. 1. Excessively strict in behavior, morality, or opinions. 2. Having or wearing a tightly laced garment. [ strait, tightly (obsolete) + -laced (from lace ).] strait′-lac′ed·ly (-lā′sĭd-lē, -lāst′lē) adv. strait′-lac′ed·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of strait-laced adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of straitlaced. adjective. exaggeratedly proper. “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts” synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, tight-laced, victorian. proper. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
straitlaced meaning, definition, what is straitlaced: having strict old-fashioned ideas about ...: Learn more.
strait-laced (strāt′lāst′), USA pronunciation adj. excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors. tightly laced, as a bodice. wearing tightly laced garments. Also, straight-laced.
