bluenosed
Prudish and judgmental
Bluenosed describes someone excessively puritanical or prudish, particularly about morality and propriety.
A bluenosed censor objects to anything remotely sexual; bluenosed critics condemn entertainment they find vulgar.
The term is mildly derisive, suggesting the person's righteousness is overwrought: The bluenosed committee banned the book from school libraries.
Excessively concerned with propriety
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- priggishSmugly self-righteous
- primAffectedly proper and stiff
- VictorianOf a prim era
proper · moralistic · sanctimonious · self-righteous · holier-than-thou · pietistic · censorious · narrow-minded
Advocate against legal alcohol
- teetotalAvoiding all alcohol
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- abstemiousPracticing restraint with indulgences
- bowdlerizingRemoving offensive passages
expurgating · banning · suppressing · repressive · austere · strict · rigid · puritanical
Expressing unfavorable opinion
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- judgmentalInclined to criticize others
- condemnatoryExpressing severe disapproval
- fault-findingExcessive focus on errors
hypercritical · preachy · scolding · reproachful · admonishing · finger-wagging · moralizing · sermonizing
prudish
Excessively concerned with propriety
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- priggishSmugly self-righteous
- primAffectedly proper and stiff
Victorian · proper · moralistic · sanctimonious · self-righteous · holier-than-thou · pietistic · censorious · narrow-minded · uptight
prohibitionist
Advocate against legal alcohol
- teetotalAvoiding all alcohol
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- abstemiousPracticing restraint with indulgences
bowdlerizing · expurgating · banning · suppressing · repressive · austere · strict · rigid · puritanical · draconian
disapproving
Expressing unfavorable opinion
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- judgmentalInclined to criticize others
- condemnatoryExpressing severe disapproval
fault-finding · hypercritical · preachy · scolding · reproachful · admonishing · finger-wagging · moralizing · sermonizing · lecturing
bluenosedpermissive
Tolerant, lacking strictness
liberal · tolerant · broad-minded · open-minded · libertine
bluenosedlicentious
Sexually unrestrained behavior
debauched · dissolute · depraved · degenerate · promiscuous