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tight-laced tight-laced definition

tight-laced


 
  Overview  of  adj  tight-laced 
 
  The  adj  tight-laced  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  priggish,  prim,  prissy,  prudish,  puritanical,  square-toed,  straitlaced,  straightlaced,  tight-laced,  victorian  --  (exaggeratedly  proper;  "my  straitlaced  Aunt  Anna  doesn't  approve  of  my  miniskirts") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  tight-laced 
 
  1  sense  of  tight-laced 
 
  Sense  1 
  priggish,  prim,  prissy,  prudish,  puritanical,  square-toed,  straitlaced,  straightlaced,  tight-laced,  victorian 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  proper)  ->  improper 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  tight-laced 
 
  1  sense  of  tight-laced 
 
  Sense  1 
  priggish,  prim,  prissy,  prudish,  puritanical,  square-toed,  straitlaced,  straightlaced,  tight-laced,  victorian 
  =>  proper  (vs.  improper) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  tight-laced 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  tight-laced 
 
  tight-laced  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  tight-laced 
  tight-laced 
 
  Overview  of  adj  tight-laced 
 
  The  adj  tight-laced  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  priggish,  prim,  prissy,  prudish,  puritanical,  square-toed,  straitlaced,  straightlaced,  tight-laced,  victorian  --  (exaggeratedly  proper;  "my  straitlaced  Aunt  Anna  doesn't  approve  of  my  miniskirts") 



tight-laced definition