Usually means: Strictly adhering to moral codes.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. straight-laced: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. straight-laced, straight-laced: Collins English Dictionary
  3. straight-laced: Vocabulary.com
  4. straight-laced: Wordnik
  5. straight-laced: Wiktionary
  6. straight-laced: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. straight-laced: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. straight-laced: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. straight-laced: Dictionary.com
  10. straight-laced: Rhymezone
  11. straight-laced: FreeDictionary.org
  12. straight-laced: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. straight-laced: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straight-laced: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straight-laced: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.

Similar:
straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, prude, tight-laced, prudish, prudelike, puritanical, Whitehousian, nice-Nelly, more...

Opposite:
unconventional, liberal, open-minded, free-spirited

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Similar:
straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, prude, tight-laced, prudish, prudelike, puritanical, Whitehousian, nice-Nelly, more...

Opposite:
unconventional, liberal, open-minded, free-spirited



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