exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
{s} excessively modest or humble; overly cautious, overly careful; behaving in an excessively proper or formal manner
disapproval If you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene. + prudishness prud·ish·ness Older people will have grown up in a time of greater sexual prudishness. = prudery. very easily shocked by things relating to sex - used to show disapproval
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners