Prude
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɹuːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prude is a noun meaning A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
Meaning
A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
More Meanings
- Prudish.
Example Sentences
If you didn't go for Lila you're some kind of prissy old prude. If you did go for her you were some kind of dirty old man.
He became shy. "I hadn't meant to tell you. It's not quite for a lady." For, like most men who are rather animal, he was intellectually a prude.
Word Forms
- prudes
Synonyms for prude
Depending on context, synonyms include prig, goody-goody, puritan, celibacist, erotophobe, antisexualist.
Antonyms for prude
Common opposites include libertine, rake.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include puritan, bluenose, stuck, puritanist, pissant, puritanical.
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