strait-laced Antonyms
Strongest:
- improper
- wicked
- permissive
- bad
- loose
- liberated
- immoral
- lecherous
- lecherous
- indecent
- improper
- wicked
- permissive
- bad
- lax
- liberated
- prurient
- loose
- indecent
- lax
- prurient
- immoral
Strong:
- slutty
- sluttish
- degenerate
- sleazy
- slatternly
- slatternly
- skanky
- debauched
- slutty
- lickerish
- debauched
- skanky
- sluttish
- degenerate
- depraved
- sleazy
- perverted
- lickerish
- perverted
- depraved
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
prudish, prim, Victorian,puritanical,priggish, staid, bluenosed, honest, decent, nice-nelly
improper, wicked,permissive, bad, loose, liberated, immoral, lecherous, lecherous, indecent
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.