strait-laced Antonyms
Strongest:
- prurient
- loose
- loose
- permissive
- permissive
- lax
- immoral
- improper
- prurient
- lecherous
- indecent
- bad
- wicked
- wicked
- liberated
- improper
- liberated
- immoral
- lecherous
- indecent
- lax
- bad
Strong:
- degenerate
- slutty
- depraved
- skanky
- sleazy
- skanky
- slatternly
- degenerate
- lickerish
- debauched
- sluttish
- sluttish
- debauched
- lickerish
- sleazy
- perverted
- perverted
- depraved
- slutty
- slatternly
Weak:
Meaning of strait-laced
Wordnet
strait-laced (s)
exaggeratedly proper
strait-laced Sentence Examples
- The strait-laced principal enforced strict dress codes and conduct rules.
- Despite his liberal upbringing, he suddenly became strait-laced after getting married.
- The strait-laced teacher refused to participate in extracurricular activities.
- Her strait-laced demeanor made it difficult for her to make friends.
- The strait-laced businessman could not tolerate any hint of impropriety.
- The strait-laced community was shocked by the scandalous behavior of its mayor.
- The strait-laced CEO expected his employees to maintain impeccable moral standards.
- Her strait-laced parents had instilled in her a strong sense of right and wrong.
- The strait-laced pastor condemned any deviation from traditional values.
- The strait-laced politician was known for his unwavering adherence to the law.
FAQs About the word strait-laced
exaggeratedly proper
Victorian, prim, prudish,puritanical, honest, stuffy, nice-nelly,priggish, staid, bluenosed
prurient, loose, loose,permissive, permissive, lax, immoral, improper, prurient, lecherous
The strait-laced principal enforced strict dress codes and conduct rules.
Despite his liberal upbringing, he suddenly became strait-laced after getting married.
The strait-laced teacher refused to participate in extracurricular activities.
Her strait-laced demeanor made it difficult for her to make friends.
