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I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish.
Carey Mulligan

Meaning of "prudish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRUDISH

prudish  [ˈpruːdɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRUDISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prudish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRUDISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prude

A prude is a person who is described as being concerned with decorum or propriety, significantly in excess of normal prevailing standards. They may be perceived as being more uncomfortable than most with sexuality or nudity. The name is generally considered a pejorative term to suggest fear and contempt of human sexuality and excessive, unusual modesty stemming from such a negative view of sexuality. It is hence unflattering, often used as an insult. A person with such attitude to sexuality may have reservations about nudity, public display of sexual affection, discussion of sexual matters, participating in romantic or sexual activity—reservations that exceed normal prevailing community standards. Exhibiting fear and discomfort with sexuality may be associated with advocating censorship of sexuality or nudity in the media, avoiding or condemning any public display of affection, however, some of these positions can have a different and even totally opposite motivation.

Definition of prudish in the English dictionary

The definition of prudish in the dictionary is easily shocked by things relating to sex.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRUDISH


broadish
ˈbrɔːdɪʃ
dudish
ˈduːdɪʃ
eadish
ˈiːdɪʃ
hardish
ˈhɑːdɪʃ
Kurdish
ˈkɜːdɪʃ
nerdish
ˈnɜːdɪʃ
nurdish
ˈnɜːdɪʃ
pseudish
ˈsjuːdɪʃ
rudish
ˈruːdɪʃ
Swedish
ˈswiːdɪʃ
wordish
ˈwɜːdɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRUDISH

prude
prudence
prudent
prudential
prudentialism
prudentialist
prudentiality
prudentially
Prudentius
prudently
prudery
prudishly
prudishness
pruina
pruinose
prunable
prune
prunella
prunelle
prunello

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRUDISH

baking dish
cavendish
childish
horseradish
Kaddish
loudish
modish
oddish
outlandish
Petri dish
pie dish
proudish
radish
reddish
satellite dish
side dish
standish
the Swedish
vegetable dish
Yiddish

Synonyms and antonyms of prudish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRUDISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prudish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of prudish

Translation of «prudish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRUDISH

Find out the translation of prudish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prudish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prudish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

假正经
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mojigata
570 millions of speakers

English

prudish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पाखंडी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محتعفف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чопорная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pudica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিশালীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prude
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prüde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上品ぶった
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

내숭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prudish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghiêm ngặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போலி நாணம் உடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नम्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iffet taslayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

moralista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pruderyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

манірна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pudicul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεμνότυφοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

preutse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pryd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snerpete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prudish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRUDISH»

The term «prudish» is normally little used and occupies the 114.556 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRUDISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prudish

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3 QUOTES WITH «PRUDISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prudish.
1
Ian Hislop
I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
2
Carey Mulligan
I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish.
3
Portia de Rossi
I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRUDISH»

Discover the use of prudish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prudish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Power in Family Discourse
Let us call this position “the prudish view”. (I doubt that any linguist or philosopher has ever seriously held the prudish view; but children are often indoctrinated with it at an early age, for reasons best known to their parents and school teachers.) ...
Richard J. Watts, 1991
2
Last Things
Her father, however, settled her in his own mind by saying again, as though that were the perfect formulation, that she was prudish about suicide. After a time during which neither he nor I spoke, and he was looking inward, he said, quite ...
C. P. Snow, 2000
3
The History of Oeuf
would, in Prudish become "Sat the the cat mat." This introduced a tremendous amount of ambiguity and confusion, but as what the troggles usually said was ambiguous and confused, it didn't seem to matter much. Early in the languages ...
P.s.e.
4
Daring Wives: Insight Into Women's Desires for Extramarital ...
In the next era, you will become acquainted with the prudish fifties, where the pendulum swung in the direction of conservative, prudish moral values. The Prudish Fifties The Depression and the horrors of World War II left Americans yearning ...
Frances Cohen Praver, 2006
5
Cultural Strategy: Using Innovative Ideologies to Build ...
No sooner has the music started, than it comes to a grinding halt when the prudish male intrudes: “Ahem. I'm worried this is going somewhere dirty.” The woman responds: “What?! I can't say baby-making in an ovulation ad?! Oh, I'm sorry.
Douglas Holt, Douglas Cameron, 2010
6
Blood-Borne: The Saga
You're a little prudish,” and at that he laughed. “Prudish? I'm not prudish! A little picky maybe, but certainly not prudish,” I defended myself. “Maybe a little bit of both!” Mom chimed in. “Thanks a lot! I've worked very hard to get where I'm at today.
Carol Barnhill, 2011
7
Hermes and His Children
We have seen this sort of reaction many times, a puritanical and prudish attitude which tries at any cost to cover up what, for this archetype, is a scandal. So, on the one hand, we have a psychology which views this kind of image as scandalous ...
Rafael Lopez-Pedraza, 2003
8
And the Flag was Still There: Straight People, Gay People, ...
These self-made prudish aristocrats in the next century, the Victorians, argued that true nobility was a matter of decorum and manners.20 The Victorians even redefined the meaning of the words "ladies and gentlemen." These words no longer ...
Lois Shawver, 1995
9
Advanced Everyday English: With Audio CD
The new teacher felt a bit a(bland/uneasy/prudish/streetwise) about taking over such a b-complacent-turned off/disruptive/cumbersome) class, but by the end of term, she felt she had managed to C-budge-bring out the best-enlighten-butt) in ...
Steven Collins, 2011
10
A Stylistics of Drama: With Special Focus on Stoppard's ...
One can take note of the alliterative adjectives used in Carr's description of Joyce : prudish, prudent, profligate; vulgar, convivial;3 f ransm utable, transferable. Yet it must be said that the alliterations are gratuitous and it must be suspected that ...
Peter K. W. Tan, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRUDISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prudish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Zoe gets prudish about a Kama Sutra game on Love Island - after …
The Love Islander got prudish about a Kama Sutra game in the latest episode, despite her lusty moment in the secret hideaway with Jordan earlier in the week. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
2
French Government Warns Hilarious Citizens About America's …
Of course that isn't reality, but what the government does warn its citizens is no joke or, more the case, that we are rather prudish when it comes to humor. «TravelPulse, Jun 15»
3
Britons most 'prudish' about going nude on beaches in Europe
London: A new survey has revealed that Britons are most "prudish" about going nude on the beaches in Europe, while Spanish and Germans most likely to go ... «Zee News, Jun 15»
4
'Not for the prudish' - Amanda Brunker reveals plans for raunchy …
The former Miss Ireland has revealed that she has penned a steamy radio play called Curiosity - a work that she says is "not for the prudish or young ears". «Herald, Apr 15»
5
Ashley Madison IPO Will Be In London Because Toronto's Too …
Because Ashley Madison tried an IPO in Toronto about five years ago, and it failed, many say because the Toronto market was too prudish to buy stock in a ... «Huffington Post Canada, Apr 15»
6
Why the Church needs to stop being prudish about prostitution
Why the Church needs to stop being prudish about prostitution. lucinda-borkett-jones Lucinda Borkett-Jones Christian Today Features Editor 26 March 2015. «ChristianToday, Mar 15»
7
Column 8: Prudish spellcheck
Never has the surname of a contributor loomed so large. "There has been much talk of words that spellcheck doesn't recognise. As a medical academic, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
8
Eckhardt slams 'prudish' view
In the past she's sizzled in promotional images for Wheels & Dollbaby and Agent Provocateur but *Perth * model *Tiah Eckhardt *'s latest gig has been deemed ... «The West Australian, Mar 15»
9
Brits: Polite, prudish, poor personal hygiene.
The British are polite, prudish and have poor personal hygiene, to say nothing of their binge drinking culture and tendency to hooliganism, according to a new ... «The Local.es, Mar 15»
10
Prudish Christian Sexual Hang-ups and the Real Problem with “50 …
This is where 50 Shades of Grey and the frequently prudish Christian outlook on sex take a strange and interesting turn. Among other things, the long standing ... «Patheos, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Prudish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prudish>. May 2024 ».
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