STRAIT-LACED


Meaning of STRAIT-LACED in English

also straight-laced, straitlaced

If you describe someone as strait-laced , you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable.

He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded...

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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