prudish
adjective/ˈpruːdɪʃ/
/ˈpruːdɪʃ/
(disapproving)- very easily shocked by things connected with sex synonym strait-laced
- He grew up in the prudish moral climate of the late nineteenth century.
- She can be quite prudish.
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