prudish

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  1. adjective Marked by or exhibiting the characteristics of a prude; priggish.

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  • She was not in the least prudish, and she understood everything; but there was a certain sublimity in her manner. —  Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth
  • We're not prudish - it's just so cynically calculated - and we're left despairing over the amount of hype surrounding an artist so essentially vacuous. —  Londonist
  • Or maybe I'm just repressed or overly prudish, but lips seems too sexual for family use (and I grew up in Somerset!). —  New Statesman
  • Fair warning: the prudish or squeamish definitely need not apply. —  PopMatters
  • I find most of American tv shows really prudish (is that the correct word???) and when they want to show that something is bad, they use it throught sex ... like whith gay / lesbian things. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
 

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/ˈprudɪʃ/
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