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