puritanical

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adj.

1. Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.

2. Puritanical Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans.

puri·tani·cal·ly adv.

puri·tani·cal·ness n.

puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk^əl] less commonly, puritanic

adj

1. Usually disparaging strict in moral or religious outlook, esp in shunning sensual pleasures

2. (Christianity / Protestantism) (Historical Terms) (sometimes capital) of or relating to a puritan or the Puritans

puritanically adv

puritanicalness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	puritanical - of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
	2.	puritanical - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, priggish, prim, victorian proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"
	3.	puritanical - morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" puritanic, blue nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

puritanical

adjective strict, forbidding, puritan, stuffy, narrow, severe, proper, stiff, rigid, disapproving, austere, fanatical, bigoted, prim, ascetic, narrow-minded, prudish, strait-laced He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
liberal, tolerant, indulgent, permissive, hedonistic, broad-minded, latitudinarian

Translations

puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkəl] ADJ → puritano

puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk^əl] adj → puritain(e)

puritanical

adj → puritanisch

puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk/əl] adj → puritano/a

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Almohade ascetic austere blue blue laws bluenose lecherous Plymouth Brethren po-faced priggish prim prissy prudish Puritan Puritanic Puritanically Ram Singh square-toed straight-laced	She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context Holding his prayer-book upside down, or open at any place but the right, he did nothing but stare about him, unless he happened to catch my aunt's eye or mine, and then he would drop his own on his book, with a puritanical air of mock solemnity that would have been ludicrous, if it had not been too provoking. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context For example, look at the puritanical procureur, who has just lost his daughter, and in fact nearly all his family, in so singular a manner; Morcerf dishonored and dead; and then myself covered with ridicule through the villany of Benedetto; besides" -- The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context	Purger Purgery Purging purging cassia Purging flax puri purification Purification of the Virgin Mary purification plant Purificative purificator purificatory purifier Puriform purify purifying Purim purine Purinethol puriri purism purist puristic Puritan Puritanic puritanical Puritanically Puritanism Puritanize purity Purkinje Purkinje cell Purkinje fiber Purkinje network Purkinje's cells Purkinje's system Purkinje's tissue purl purl stitch purler purlieu purlieus purlin Purling purloin purloiner purloo puromycin Purparty purple purple amaranth	puris puris puris Purishkevich, Vladimir Purishkevich, Vladimir Mitrofanovich purishvahasrotas purism purism purist puristic puristically purists Puritain Puritain Puritain puritan puritan puritan puritan Puritan and Reformed Studies Conference Puritan party Puritan party Puritan party Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary Puritan Revolution Puritan Revolution Puritan work ethic Puritani di Scozia, I puritanic puritanical puritanically puritanically puritanicalness puritanicalness Puritanism Puritanism Puritanism Puritanize Puritans Puritans Puritans purity purity purity purity purity Purity and pollution Purity and pollution purity coil Purity Control purity magnet Purity of Essence purity of state PURiTY-DivX Purjinke fibers Purkaev, Maksim Purkaev, Maksim Alekseevich Purkinge fibres Purkinje Purkinje

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Almohade
ascetic
austere
blue
blue laws
bluenose
lecherous
Plymouth Brethren
po-faced
priggish
prim
prissy
prudish
Puritan
Puritanic
Puritanically
Ram Singh
square-toed
straight-laced

She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

Holding his prayer-book upside down, or open at any place but the right, he did nothing but stare about him, unless he happened to catch my aunt's eye or mine, and then he would drop his own on his book, with a puritanical air of mock solemnity that would have been ludicrous, if it had not been too provoking.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context

For example, look at the puritanical procureur, who has just lost his daughter, and in fact nearly all his family, in so singular a manner; Morcerf dishonored and dead; and then myself covered with ridicule through the villany of Benedetto; besides" --

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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