prudish

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹuːdɪʃ/

Definition of prudish

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”

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Etymology

From prude + -ish.

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