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Meanings of
puritanical
in inglés
Exaggeratedly proper.
victorian
prim
prissy
prudish
priggish
straitlaced
straightlaced
strait-laced
straight-laced
tight-laced
Related terms
proper
Morally rigorous and strict.
blue
puritan
puritanic
Related terms
strict
nonindulgent
Abstainer.
abstainer
Related terms
ascetic
Usage of
puritanical
in inglés
1
Difficult, of course, for one of my naturally
puritanical
bent, but possible.
2
Many young people are attracted to Salafism, a
puritanical
branch of Islam.
3
I am sometimes inclined to be quite
puritanical
when defining the western.
4
Too much tolerance too fast can produce a
puritanical
or fascist backlash.
5
The character of the kirk was that of a democratic,
puritanical
theocracy.
6
Maybe, we move a little too quickly to label the Americans
puritanical
.
7
God's not being prudish or
puritanical
in forbidding sex outside of marriage.
8
Wonder where she got her ideas in that cramped,
puritanical
little place?
9
Chicago, the musical, has a bitter,
puritanical
feel beneath its glossy surface.
10
Now listen to reason, my too-good child, and don't be so
puritanical
.
11
He'd always struck her as a bit too politically
puritanical
,
however.
12
His view is both
puritanical
and tormented: youthful idealism often is.
13
It seemed to me to be a severe and
puritanical
point of view.
14
They're following the example of our
puritanical
cousins in the US.
15
Roy had always taken an intolerant and
puritanical
view of pigeons.
16
More than a few
puritanical
American journalists have been pressing him about it.
Other examples for "puritanical"
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About this term
puritanical
Adjective
Frequent collocations
almost puritanical
more puritanical
too puritanical
puritanical attitude
puritanical streak
More collocations
Puritanical
through the time
Puritanical
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common