Antonyms for prudish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : proo-dish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpru dɪʃ

Definition of prudish

Origin : 1717, from prude (adj.) + -ish. Related: Prudishly; prudishness.

adj shy and strict in behavior

Example sentences :

Pat Valdo is dressed as a prudish old lady with an enormous bustle.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

Some people thought her old fashioned, strait-laced, prudish.
Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow

His strength and his youth called to hers, expecting no prudish response.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

It is bashful, for nature is ever so; but it is not prudish, for only corruption is prudish.
Extract from : « The Life of Friedrich Schiller » by Thomas Carlyle

I'm in earnest; I don't want any prudish weights on this conversation.
Extract from : « Sunlight Patch » by Credo Fitch Harris

Only dont be too much shocked by my frankness; dont be prudish.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

There was nothing masculine about her, nothing emancipated, nor was she in the least prudish.
Extract from : « The Confession of a Fool » by August Strindberg

She is too sentimental, too prudish with her vow and its sophistical evasion.
Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

She fell under the tyranny of the risqu, which is as fell as the tyranny of the prudish.
Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes

They were essentials of propriety then—natural, and never viewed as prudish.
Extract from : « Chantry House » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Synonyms for prudish

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