Definition for Prudery:

• Affected scrupulousness; excessive nicety in conduct; coyness.

Synonyms for Prudery:

• n.

  •
  • prudish,
  • moody,
  • sensitive,
  • squeamish,
  • hypersensitive,
  • fragile,
  • thin-skinned,
  • defensive,
  • touchy,
  • prim.
  •grundyism (noun)
  • grundyism.
  •humbleness (noun)
  • Lowliness.
  •priggishness (noun)
  • snobbery,
  • pretentiousness.
  •stiffness (noun)
  • precision,
  • rigidity,
  • rigor,
  • tension,
  • formality,
  • firmness.
  •stuffiness (noun)
  • behavior,
  • strictness,
  • courtesy.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • modesty,
  • priggishness,
  • puritanism,
  • stiffness,
  • self-efface.
  •Other relevant words:
  • attitude,
  • characteristic,
  • emotion,
  • feature,
  • humility,
  • primness,
  • property,
  • propriety,
  • prudishness,
  • purity,
  • quality,
  • reaction,
  • reserve,
  • reticence,
  • shyness,
  • simplicity,
  • stuffiness.

Antonyms for Prudery:

• n.

  • humbleness
    impurity.
  • lowliness
    evil.
  • modesty
    immorality, conceit, confidence, ego, Braveness, arrogance, self-confidence, pride, boldness, courage, impropriety.
  • stiffness
    flexibility, informality, limpness, pliability, flaccidity, relaxation, ease.
  • Other antonyms:
    prurience, pruriency, Libertinage, Libertinism, libertarianism, lechery.

Prudery Sentence Examples:

• True modesty is as far removed from coarseness as from prudery.

• There was no prudery about Mary Gray.