STRAIT-LACED

Meaning of STRAIT-LACED in English

also straight-laced, straitlaced

If you describe someone as ~, 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, ~ and narrow-minded...

ADJ disapproval

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STRAIT-LACED — — strait-lacedly /strayt"lay"sid lee, -layst"lee/ , adv. — strait-lacedness , n. /strayt"layst"/ , adj. 1. excessively strict in conduct or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT-LACED — (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
Английский словарь Webster
STRAIT-LACED — (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.
Английский словарь Webster
STRAIT-LACED — (a.) Bound with stays.
Английский словарь Webster
STRAIT-LACED — ( a. ) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT-LACED — ( a. ) Restricted; stiff; constrained.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT-LACED — ( a. ) Bound with stays.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT-LACED — excessively conservative, very conventional; extremely strict; laced tightly; wearing tightly laced clothing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAIT-LACED — adj bound with stays. 2. strait-laced ·adj restricted; stiff; constrained. 3. strait-laced ·adj rigid in opinion; strict in manners or …
Webster English vocab
STRAIT-LACED — (also straight-laced ) ■ adjective having or showing very strict moral attitudes.
Concise Oxford English vocab
STRAIT-LACED — (also straight-laced ) / ˌstreɪt ˈleɪst; NAmE / adjective ( disapproving ) having strict or old-fashioned ideas about people's moral …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT-LACED — also straight-laced, straitlaced If you describe someone as strait-laced , you disapprove of them because they have very strict views …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT-LACED — Precise, over nice, puritanical.
Slang English vocab
STRAIT-LACED — a. Strict, rigid, formal, stiff, stern, rigorous, austere, uncompromising.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
STRAIT-LACED — 25B6; adjective PRIM (AND PROPER), prudish, puritanical, prissy, mimsy, niminy-piminy; conservative, old-fashioned, stuffy, staid, narrow-minded; informal starchy, square, fuddy-duddy. broad-minded.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIT-LACED — прил. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности a строгий, строгих правил, нетерпимый
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT-LACED — Пуританский
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT-LACED — _a. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STRAIT-LACED — прил.1) редк. туго зашнурованный (о корсете) 2) перен. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STRAIT-LACED — прил. 1) редк. туго зашнурованный ( о корсете ) 2) перен. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STRAIT-LACED — прил. 1) редк. туго зашнурованный (о корсете) 2) перен. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STRAIT-LACED — _a. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STRAIT-LACED — a. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STRAIT-LACED — строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
STRAIT-LACED — _a. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
STRAIT-LACED — [adj.] строгий, строгих правил, нетерпимый
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
STRAIT-LACED — a строгий, строгих правил, нетерпимый
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
STRAIT-LACED — прил. строгий, пуританский, нетерпимый в вопросах нравственности a строгий, строгих правил, нетерпимый
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT — a. strett; n. strette; desfacilitá
English interlingue dictionary
STRAIT — hiktin
English-Visayan vocabulary
LACED — adjective see: lace
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRAIT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bass Strait Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of …
Английский словарь Британика
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streit, strait, straight, from Old French estreit, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LACED — adjective Etymology: from past participle of lace (II) 1. a. : tied or fastened with a lace b. : trimmed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LACED — (v. t.) Decorated with the fabric lace.
Английский словарь Webster
LACED — (a.) Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
Английский словарь Webster
LACED — (imp. & p. p.) of Lace
Английский словарь Webster
STRAIT — ( a. ) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LACED — ( v. t. ) Decorated with the fabric lace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LACED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Lace
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LACED — ( a. ) Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT — — straitly , adv. — straitness , n. /strayt/ , n. 1. Often, straits . ( used with a sing. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LACED — adj. having laces, equipped with laces
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LACED — see lace II
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estreit, from Latin strictus strait, strict, from past participle of stringere Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIT — adj a variant of straight. 2. strait ·superl narrow; not broad. 3. strait ·adv strictly; rigorously. 4. strait ·adj a …
Webster English vocab
LACED — vt decorated with the fabric lace. 2. laced ·impf & ·p.p. of lace. 3. laced ·adj fastened with a lace …
Webster English vocab
LACED — adjective trimmed or fitted with a lace or laces. → lace
Concise Oxford English vocab
STRAIT — [strait] adj [ME, fr. OF estreit, fr. L strictus strait, strict, fr. pp. of stringere] (13c) 1 archaic: strict, rigorous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STRAIT — strait BrE AmE streɪt ▷ straits streɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STRAIT — / streɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ pl. ] (also straits ) (especially in the names of places) a narrow …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — strait /streɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: strait 'narrow' (13-20 centuries) , from Old French estreit …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIT — n. & adj. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. & adj. --n. 1. (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Oxford English vocab
STRAIT — ( straits) 1. You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE desperate ▪ Without papal assistance, crown finances would have been in even more desperate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIT — [noun] [C usually plural] - a narrow area of sea which connects two larger areas of seaThe Straits of GibraltarThe …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAIT — n. Bass Strait Belle Isle Strait of Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of Euripus …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LACED — Synonyms and related words : barred, braided, cancellated, crossbarred, enlaced, entwined, filigreed, fretted, grated, gridded, handwoven, interknit, interlaced, interthreaded, intertied, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIT — noun 1 narrow piece of water connecting seas, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow VERB + STRAIT ▪ go through , pass …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. 25B6; noun a strait about six miles wide : CHANNEL, sound, inlet, stretch of water. the company is in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIT — laced adj. priggish, prim, conservative, old-fashioned, Victorian, old-maidish, proper, prudish, puritanical, moralistic, strict, narrow-minded, (over-)scrupulous, fussy, Colloq pernickety or US …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LACED — decal
Anagrams English vocabulary
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait ≈ в отчаянном положении …
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