Definitions for straight-laced

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Spelling: [streyt-leyst]
IPA: /ˈstreɪtˈleɪst/

Straight-Laced is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 2458 anagrams from letters in straight-laced (-aacdeghilrstt).

Definitions for straight-laced

adjective

  1. strait-laced.
  2. excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish:
  3. tightly laced, as a bodice.
  4. wearing tightly laced garments.

Origin of straight-laced

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50

Examples for straight-laced

Now I dare say there are straight-laced people who will be shocked at the idea of a woman playing ten-pins.

Goodness, you can't afford to be as straight-laced as all that, in this town.

But Christopher Wellwyn's heart is too full of humanity to admit of such a straight-laced attitude.

Thwarted by straight-laced parents, vivacious Flo eventually eloped to Philly with a doctor and then divorced.

One that has been discovered very recently is that the straight-faced are the straight-laced.

I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles.

The North American, beneath his cold and straight-laced appearance, conceals a warm and enthusiastic heart.

In fact, he was so merry that, by the straight-laced Puritans, he was thought ungodly.

One of my students started senior year straight-laced and dreaming of studying engineering at Georgia Tech.

William Parker is a straight-laced cop with dreams of ridding L.A of its crime and endemic corruption.

Word Value for straight-laced
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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