prudish

English

Etymology

prude +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹuːdɪʃ/

Adjective

prudish (comparative more prudish, superlative most prudish)

1. Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

Derived terms

• prudishly
• prudishness
• unprudish

Related terms

• prudery
• prudishness

Translations

exaggeratedly proper

• Bulgarian: превзет (bg) (prevzet), фалшиво скромен (falšivo skromen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 过分拘谨的

• Czech: prudérní (cs)
• Danish: sippet, snerpet
• Dutch: preuts (nl)
• Esperanto: pruda
• Finnish: sievistelevä (fi), kainosteleva, tekosiveä
• French: prude (fr), pudibond (fr)
• Galician: suiño, encobado
• German: prüde (de)
• Greek: σεμνότυφος (el) (semnótyfos)

  Ancient Greek: βαυκός (baukós)

• Hungarian: prűd (hu)
• Italian: pudico (it)
• Norwegian: prippen (no), snerpete, fisefin
• Polish: pruderyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: pudico (pt)
• Romanian: pudibond
• Russian: жема́нный (ru) (žemánnyj), стыдли́вый (ru) (stydlívyj)
• Spanish: pudibundo (es), santurrón, mojigato (es), pacato, timorato (es), cartuchón, gazmoño
• Swedish: pryd (sv)
• Turkish: iffetfüruş, namus düşkünü, namus kumkuması

See also

• straight-laced
• prim
• priggish
• prissy
• puritanical