What is another word for puritanical?
272 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pjˌʊɹɪtˈanɪkə͡l], [ pjˌʊɹɪtˈanɪkəl], [ p_j_ˌʊ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈa_n_ɪ_k_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for puritanical:- ascetic (adjective)
- proper, straitlaced (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- other synonyms
- Victorian
- other relevant words
Definition for Puritanical:
Synonyms for Puritanical:
adj.
•ascetic (adjective) •proper, straitlaced (adjective) •severe (adjective)- critical,
- bleak,
- icy,
- rigorous,
- acute,
- abrupt,
- basic,
- intolerant,
- uncompromising,
- cutting,
- brusque,
- inflexible,
- spartan,
- authoritarian,
- exacting,
- frosty,
- obstinate,
- crisp,
- hidebound,
- oppressive,
- precise,
- curt,
- cool,
- meticulous,
- correct,
- harsh,
- tart,
- astringent,
- intense,
- imperial,
- stringent,
- brisk,
- keen,
- short,
- obdurate,
- chilly,
- sharp,
- caustic,
- severe,
- stark,
- raw,
- censorious,
- gruff,
- lean,
- blunt,
- demanding,
- acrimonious,
- piquant,
- fundamental,
- unbending,
- draconian,
- relentless,
- dry,
- stiff-necked,
- dour,
- grim,
- acerbic,
- spare.
n.
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- plain,
- prim and proper,
- genteel.
Other synonyms:
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- pious,
- old-maidish,
- holy,
- bluenosed,
- practicing,
- fanatical,
- devoutly,
- godly,
- devout.
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- devotee.
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- conventional.
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- faithful.
- nonindulgent,
- modest,
- dispiriting,
- one-sided,
- narrow-minded,
- blueish,
- moderate,
- fundamentalist,
- bluish,
- illiberal,
- sanctimonious,
- petty,
- Mean-spirited,
- unrelenting,
- sombre,
- nice,
- demure,
- sensitive,
- squared-toe,
- puritanic,
- formal,
- pettifogging,
- picky,
- stubborn,
- iron,
- niminy-piminy,
- downcast,
- cynical,
- blasphemous,
- frowning,
- chaste,
- temperate,
- fussy,
- gamey,
- firm,
- rigourous,
- hard-line,
- reactionary,
- parochial,
- gloomy,
- Coxcomical,
- self-righteous,
- namby-pamby,
- over-nice,
- anchoritic,
- depressing,
- twee,
- aristocratical,
- abstainer,
- choosy,
- sober,
- selective,
- teetotal,
- forbidding,
- cheerless,
- moralistic,
- patrician,
- purist,
- saturnine,
- prig,
- profane,
- unprogressive,
- protestantism,
- square-toed,
- ironhanded,
- overnice,
- hard,
- nice nelly,
- conceited,
- red-necked,
- finical,
- dispirited,
- punctilious,
- celibate,
- pure,
- square,
- fastidious,
- low,
- mincing,
- concave,
- choicy,
- Quakerish,
- monkish,
- Precisianist,
- small-minded,
- continent,
- sorry,
- depressed,
- perfectionistic,
- moral,
- po-faced,
- staunch,
- puritan,
- discriminative,
- righteous,
- priggish,
- starch,
- particular,
- muscle-bound,
- Procrustean,
- ultra-conservative,
- gentle,
- solemn,
- abstemious,
- self-denying,
- disconsolate,
- dismal,
- decorous,
- racy,
- mendicant,
- Rigorist,
- dogmatic,
- decent,
- seemly,
- stiff,
- evangelical,
- Puristic,
- non-objective,
- dark,
- hard-nosed,
- rockbound,
- careful,
- ironclad,
- dandified,
- uptight,
- tight-laced,
- Simpering,
- opinionated,
- exact,
- Barkbound,
- flagellant,
- risque,
- Impliable,
- Literalist,
- narrow,
- scrupulous,
- ascetical,
- blue-blooded,
- literal-minded,
- juicy,
- eremitic,
- inexorable,
- old fashioned,
- sentimental,
- smug,
- biased,
- literalistic,
- prejudiced,
- conservative,
- absolute,
- pragmatical,
- pietistic,
- unyielding,
- close-minded,
- spicy,
- discriminating,
- bluff,
- unconditional,
- grave,
- black,
- disapproving,
- conscientious,
- conforming,
- naughty,
- dainty,
- sabbatarian,
- Ironbound,
- aristocratic,
- curmudgeonly,
- goody-goody,
- bigoted,
- Finikin,
- foppish,
- humourless.
