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31priggish — adj 1. prudish, puritanical, bluenosed, overmodest, old maidish; hidebound, strait laced, stiff, stiff necked, strict, severe, formal; snobbish, stilted, Inf. high hat, Sl. snooty, Sl. snotty; smug, sanctimonious, Inf. stuffy; fastidious,… …
32squeamish — adj 1. prudish, modest, overmodest, coy, demure, shy, reserved; prim, proper, priggish, old maidish, Inf., Derog. nunny. 2. dainty, delicate, finical, finicky, fussy, Inf. fuddy duddy, Inf. pernickety; particular, overparticular, picky, Inf.… …
33bashful — [adj] shy abashed, backward, blushful, blushing, chary, confused, constrained, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, overmodest, recoiling, reserved, reticent, retiring, self conscious, self effacing, shamefaced, sheepish …
34coy — [adj] very modest backward, bashful, blushing, coquettish, demure, diffident, evasive, flirtatious, humble, kittenish, overmodest, prudish, rabbity, reserved, retiring, self effacing, shrinking, shy, skittish, timid, unassertive; concepts 401,404 …
35prim — [adj] particular, fussy blue nose*, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, correct, dapper*, decorous, demure, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody goody*, nice, nit picking*, orderly, overmodest, polite, precise, priggish,… …
36prudish — [adj] shy and strict in behavior affected, artificial, austere, bigoted, conventional, demure, fastidious, finicky*, genteel, illiberal, mincing, narrow, narrow minded, offish, overexact, overmodest, overnice, precise, pretentious, priggish*,… …
