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