Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Prudery
n
The state or quality of being a la mode.
n
The state or quality of being amorous; amorousness.
n
The condition of being callow; immaturity.
adj
Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
n
The quality of being game; bravery, courage or pluck
n
The state of being good-humored
n
(rare) The quality of being Gothish.
n
The tendency of society at large to be overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
n
A lifestyle or pattern of behavior characterized by self-indulgence and lack of restraint, especially one involving sexual promiscuity and rejection of religious or other moral authority.
n
The quality of being martial or warlike.
n
The quality of being a martinet.
n
(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.
n
A prudish or excessively modest person.
n
(usually uncountable) Prudishness or excessive modesty.
adj
(idiomatic, derogatory) Prim, prudish, or easily offended.
adj
(idiomatic, informal, derogatory) Prim, prudish, or easily offended.
n
Priggishness.
adj
prudish, straight-laced
adj
(idiomatic) prudish, straight-laced
adj
Prudish.
n
(countable) Prudish behaviour
n
(rare, now historical) Character typical of a prudhomme; trustworthiness, loyalty.
n
(rare) The increase of excessive propriety on matters related to sex.
v
(very rare) To make prudish.
n
The condition of being prudish; prudery
n
prudishness
n
(rare) prude
adj
(rare) prudish
n
prudishness
n
(rare) pudendum
n
A sense of modesty or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.
adj
Shy, bashful; prudish.
adv
In a pudic manner; prudishly.
n
An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
adj
(often disapproving) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex.
n
The quality of being puritanical.
n
The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm.
n
(poetic) The quality of being rathe; earliness.
n
The property of being sanctimonious.
n
(rare) The quality of being Satanic.
n
(rare) The quality of being satanic.
adj
conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
n
The quality of being tragicomic.
n
(informal, derogatory) The unintelligent members of a society or community; the unthinking mob.
adj
Prudish; morally censorious.

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