1. (

• priggish ,
• prim ,
• prissy ,
• prudish ,
• puritanical ,
• square-toed ,
• straitlaced ,
• strait-laced ,
• straightlaced ,
• straight-laced ,
• tight-laced ,
• victorian

) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" ;

2. (

• dainty ,
• nice ,
• overnice ,
• prissy ,
• squeamish

) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" ;