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Synonyms for "puritanical" in English

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puritanical:
- puritan; puritanical; puritanic
- blue; puritanical; puritanic

English

Detailed Synonyms for puritanical in English

puritanical:

puritanical

puritanical
puritan; puritanical; puritanic

puritanical adj

puritanical

– morally rigorous and strict ¹
blue; puritanical; puritanic
– morally rigorous and strict ¹
- blue adj
- puritanical adj
  - she was anything but puritanical in her behavior¹
- puritanic adj
  - puritanic distaste for alcohol¹
puritanical

– of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism ¹
puritanical
– of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism ¹
- puritanical adj

Related Words for "puritanical":

puritanically

Alternate Synonyms for "puritanical":

abstainer; ascetic; Protestantism
priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; square-toed; straitlaced; strait-laced; straightlaced; straight-laced; tight-laced; victorian; proper
blue; puritan; puritanic; nonindulgent; strict

Related Definitions for "puritanical":

morally rigorous and strict¹
- she was anything but puritanical in her behavior¹
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University