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I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.
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Meaning of "straight-laced" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STRAIGHT-LACED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRAIGHT-LACED

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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRAIGHT-LACED

straight shooter
straight ticket
straight up
straight-acting
straight-arm
straight-arrow
straight-cut tobacco
straight-edge
straight-edged
straight-faced
straight-line
straight-out
straightaway
straightbred
straightedge
straighten
straighten out
straighten up
straightener
straightforth

WORDS THAT END LIKE STRAIGHT-LACED

defaced
disgraced
displaced
double-faced
fresh-faced
interlaced
misplaced
monospaced
palaced
red-faced
shitfaced
spaced
strait-laced
terraced
two-faced
unlaced
unplaced
unraced
unsolaced
well-placed

Synonyms and antonyms of straight-laced in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STRAIGHT-LACED»

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

Translation of «straight-laced» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STRAIGHT-LACED

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

Translator English - Chinese

直花边
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recto - atado
570 millions of speakers

English

straight-laced
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीधे सजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على التوالي الذي تغلب عليه اسهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прямой кружевной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

certinho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরল-ফিতাওয়ালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

guindée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lurus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geradliniger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ストレートが混入
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직선 엮여
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sakcara langsung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thẳng tẩm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேராக-நுழைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरळ-लेबले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düz bağcıklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puritano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prosto splecione
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прямій мереживний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drept - dantelat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευθεία - δεμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reguit -gedraai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rak - laced
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

straight - laced
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of straight-laced

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIGHT-LACED»

The term «straight-laced» is regularly used and occupies the 63.371 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIGHT-LACED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about straight-laced

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3 QUOTES WITH «STRAIGHT-LACED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word straight-laced.
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Bob Edwards
I'm a very straight-laced, conservative news kind of guy.
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Brie Larson
I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.
3
Lee Smith
I was raised in a little church, the Grundy Methodist Church, that was very straight-laced, but I had a friend whose mother spoke in tongues. I was just wild for this family. My own parents were older, and they were so over-protective. I just loved the 'letting go' that would happen when I went to church with my friend.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAIGHT-LACED»

Discover the use of straight-laced in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to straight-laced and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Straight Laced
Not to mention he's hot, has tattoos and drives a motorcycle. When Nate brings to her attention she's too straight laced for him, she decides it's time for a change.
Jessica Gunhammer, 2014
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英語小技巧(下):
閱讀 Straight-laced When shoes are laced correctly, everything is in the proper place, tidy and neat. If a person is straight laced, this means that they play by the rules without deviation. Usually, their morals and standards are impeccable and ...
鮑佳欣, 廣譯翻譯社, 2010
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How to Analyze People on Sight
The Straight-Laced None of these things "just happened." They are the result of the law of cause and effect. The connection between external and internal traits is becoming clearer every day and reveals some very unexpected things. One that  ...
Elsie Lincoln Benedict, Ralph Paine Benedict, 2010
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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
Stigmatism is normal vision; astigmatism is a visual defect. straight-laced Misspelling of strait-laced. ° He's as healthy and straightlaced a guy as you'll meet, and in today's society, that is amazing. USE strait-laced. ° Anyone who's worked in ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Historic Abilene: An Illustrated History
“A. STRAIGHT-LACED. COMMUNITY”. The twentieth century opened full of promise for Abilene. While Abilenians prepared to leave the frontier behind, they remained committed to nineteenth century ideals of education, morality, and a stable ...
Tracy McGlothlin Shilcutt, David Coffey, Donald S. Frazier, 2000
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Oxford American Desk Dictionary & Thesaurus
3 logically, rationally, straight-faced having a serious expression. straight-laced = STRAIT-LACED. straight·a·way /ˈstrātəˌwā/ adv. immediately. adj. extending or moving in a straight line. n. a straight section of a road or racetrack. synonyms ...
Oxford University Press, 2010
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Pocket Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus
3 logically, rationally, straight-faced having a serious expression. straight-laced = STRAIT-LACED. straight·a·way /ˈstrātəˌwā/ adv. immediately. adj. extending or moving in a straight line. n. a straight section of a road or racetrack. now, ...
Oxford University Press, 2010
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The Shoelace Book: A Mathematical Guide to the Best (and ...
In particular, see the shoelace entries in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences [24]. Straight-laced. Note that straight-laced, in the sense of 'prudish', is a modern spelling of the more correct strait-laced. Here 'strait', as in 'straitjacket' , ...
Burkard Polster, 2006
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Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
2 honest and open. straightforwardly adv. straightjacket n. var. of straitjacket. straight-laced adj. var. of strait-laced. straight man n. a person in a show whose role is to provide a comedian with opportunities to make jokes. strain1 v.1 force ...
Maurice Waite, 2013
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Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults: Brave New ...
19 Paulo Bacigalupi, “Straight-Laced Dystopias,” Kirkus Reviews, April 4, 2012, http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/young-adult/straight-laced-dystopias/. 20 Fredric Jameson, Archeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other ...
Carrie Hintz, Balaka Basu, Katherine R. Broad, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAIGHT-LACED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term straight-laced is used in the context of the following news items.
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Straight-Laced Washington Embraces Underground Metal Scene
D.C.'s Experimental, Thriving And Often Overlooked Jazz Scene · In A City Known For Go-Go, Hip-Hop Is Making A Name For Itself · Straight-Laced Washington ... «WAMU 88.5, May 15»
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17 badass rap lyrics which sum up your totally straight-laced childhood
None of us can help where we're from. And we should never let our origins prevent us from appreciating far-away cultures, particularly when it comes to music. «Metro, Apr 15»
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Straight-laced makeover for Columbine obsessed goth as she …
The American woman and the Canadian man accused of plotting a bloody Valentines Day massacre in a Halifax shopping mall appeared in court on Friday ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Straight-laced Netflix has a lot to learn from The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is back online, providing you can find it through the barrier of ISP blocks that try to stop people from accessing it. Or at least, stop people ... «TechRadar, Jan 15»
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Alison Williams Says GRAPHIC 'Girls' Sex Scene Didn't Shock Her …
Straight-laced newsman Brian Williams also had a tongue-in-cheek response to the controversial two-minute scene. "Allison's always been an actress. For us ... «Fashion & Style, Jan 15»
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Aubrey Plaza: I'm straight-laced at work
The 30-year-old actress is best known for playing April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation. She is a big fan of comedy, and has starred in films including Funny ... «Belfast Telegraph, Sep 14»
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The Gay Games cometh, and straight-laced Cleveland businesses …
Melanie Hershberger, owner of Music Saves in Collinwood, checks inventory as she holds her cat, Vinyll, during her business day June 5, 2014. Music Saves ... «The Plain Dealer, Jun 14»
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California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps
The news is yet another example of the fast-and-loose Silicon Valley ethos running up against the more straight-laced attitudes of government regulators. «Wired, Jan 14»
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Meme: Robbie Rogers Is Off the Market, Colton Haynes Remembers …
“Kansas is very religious, very Republican, and very straight-laced. I needed to get away from that. […] My family moved to town and we were kind of the outcasts ... «TheBacklot, Nov 13»
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Review: 'Hedwig' is not for the straight-laced crowd
Review: 'Hedwig' is not for the straight-laced crowd. Spencer Meyers plays the tortured title character in Jobsite Theatre's production of "Hedwig and the Angry ... «Tbo.com, Sep 13»

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