Tight-laced — synonyms, definition

1. tight-laced (Adjective)

Victorian bluenosed priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced straitlaced uptight

tight-laced (Adjective) — Exaggeratedly proper. ex. "my tight-laced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"