Bluenosed
Bluenosed adjective - Given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals.
Usage example: intimations of homosexuality in the author's diary and correspondence were later excised by bluenosed editors
Priggish
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- affected and bluenosed
- affected and priggish
- formal and bluenosed
- formal and priggish
- artificial and bluenosed
- artificial and priggish
- proper and bluenosed
- proper and priggish
- precise and bluenosed
- precise and priggish
- pretentious and bluenosed
- pretentious and priggish
- pompous and bluenosed
- pompous and priggish
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Priggish and Bluenosed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bluenosed/priggish
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