puritanical 音标拼音: [pj
, ʊrət'ænɪkəl]
a . 清教的;禁欲的
清教的;禁欲的
puritanical adj 1 :
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism 2 :
exaggeratedly proper ; "
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn '
t approve of my miniskirts " [
synonym : {
priggish }, {
prim }, {
prissy },
{
prudish }, {
puritanical }, {
square -
toed }, {
straitlaced },
{
strait -
laced }, {
straightlaced }, {
straight -
laced }, {
tight -
laced }, {
victorian }]
3 :
morally rigorous and strict ; "
the puritan work ethic ";
"
puritanic distaste for alcohol "; "
she was anything but puritanical in her behavior " [
synonym : {
blue (
a )}, {
puritanic },
{
puritanical }]
Puritanic \
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Puritanical \
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a .
1 .
Of or pertaining to the Puritans ,
or to their doctrines and practice .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements ;
strict ;
overscrupulous ;
rigid ; --
often used by way of reproach or contempt .
[
1913 Webster ]
Paritanical circles ,
from which plays and novels were strictly excluded . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
He had all the puritanic traits ,
both good and evil .
--
Hawthorne .
[
1913 Webster ]
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "
puritanical ":
Albigensian ,
Catharist ,
Franciscan ,
Quakerish ,
Sabbatarian ,
Trappist ,
Victorian ,
Waldensian ,
abstinent ,
anchoritic ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
bigoted ,
censorious ,
choicy ,
choosy ,
conscientious ,
creedbound ,
critical ,
demure ,
discriminating ,
discriminative ,
dogmatic ,
dour ,
eremitic ,
evangelical ,
exacting ,
fastidious ,
firm ,
flagellant ,
fundamentalist ,
hard ,
hidebound ,
hyperorthodox ,
impliable ,
inexorable ,
inflexible ,
iron ,
ironbound ,
ironclad ,
ironhanded ,
literalist ,
literalistic ,
mendicant ,
meticulous ,
mid -
Victorian ,
muscle -
bound ,
narrow ,
obdurate ,
obstinate ,
old -
maidish ,
orthodox ,
overmodest ,
particular ,
perfectionistic ,
picky ,
precise ,
precisianist ,
precisianistic ,
priggish ,
prim ,
procrustean ,
prudish ,
punctilious ,
purist ,
puristic ,
puritan ,
puritanic ,
relentless ,
rigid ,
rigorist ,
rigoristic ,
rigorous ,
rockbound ,
sanctimonious ,
scrupulous ,
selective ,
self -
denying ,
sensitive ,
smug ,
staunch ,
stiff ,
stiff -
necked ,
straightlaced ,
straitlaced ,
strict ,
stubborn ,
stuffy ,
unbending ,
uncompromising ,
unrelenting ,
unyielding ,
wedded to poverty
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