28
prudish(adjective, tough, correct, blue, severe)
19
proper(adjective, attitude, plain, behavior, decent)
18
prim(adjective, plain, proper, modest, particular)
15
puritanic(adjective, attitude, behavior, decency, propriety)
15
strait-laced(adjective, tough, correct, severe, firm)
14
priggish(adjective, plain, solid, proper, particular)
12
austere(adjective, tough, severe, firm, harsh)
12
prissy(adjective, plain, solid, proper, particular)
12
strict(adjective, severe, proper, authoritarian, straitlaced)
11
straitlaced(adjective, formal)
11
stuffy(adjective, tough, correct, moderate, severe)
10
rigid(adjective, tough, correct, moderate, severe)
9
goody-goody(adjective, attitude, behavior, decency, particular)
9
puritan
9
religious(attitude, behavior, decency, propriety, sexual moral)
8
victorian(adjective, plain, particular, fussy, genteel)
7
genteel(adjective, plain, modest, particular, fussy)
7
precise(adjective, severe, plain)
7
squeamish(adjective, blue, finicky, nauseated)
6
ascetic
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