corseted
Bound at waist
Corseted describes someone wearing a corset, the stiff undergarment traditionally used to shape the torso and cinch the waist.
The term often evokes Victorian-era fashion, when tightly laced corsets were standard for women.
Figuratively, corseted suggests being constrained or restricted, whether physically or socially: She felt corseted by the expectations of her conservative family.
The word can also describe anything shaped or compressed as if by a corset.
Made narrower by pressure
- lacedThreaded and tied
- cinchedFastened or guaranteed
- boundSecured or destined
- tightFirmly stretched or fitting
binding · confining · constrained · stifling · compressed · squeezed · restricting · suffocating
Vertical or morally sound
poise · bearing · carriage · deportment · alignment · spine · cinched · structured
Fitted upper garment
- bustierStrapless fitted bodice
- staysRemains in place
- whaleboneKeratin plates from filter-feeders
- boningRemoving skeletal structure
lacing · silhouette · waist · hourglass · couture · vintage · designer · tailoring
Threaded and tied
gowned · costumed · attired · outfitted · fitted · adorned · elegantly · formally
Correctness of conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- conformityAdherence to norms
- prudishnessExcessive moral strictness
modesty · decorum · respectability · straitlaced · puritanism · gentility · conservatism · temperance
constricted
Made narrower by pressure
tight · binding · confining · constrained · stifling · compressed · squeezed · restricting · suffocating · cramped
upright
Vertical or morally sound
straight · poise · bearing · carriage · deportment · alignment · spine · cinched · structured · supported
bodice
Fitted upper garment
boning · lacing · silhouette · waist · hourglass · couture · vintage · designer · tailoring · garment
laced
Threaded and tied
clothed · gowned · costumed · attired · outfitted · fitted · adorned · elegantly · formally · elaborately
propriety
Correctness of conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- conformityAdherence to norms
prudishness · modesty · decorum · respectability · straitlaced · puritanism · gentility · conservatism · temperance · etiquette
- restrainedrestrained, reserved, subdued, controlled, muted
- romance novelsbodice ripper, Harlequin, happily ever after, rake, historical romance
corsetedunbound
Not tied down
unrestricted · unconfined · free · liberated · uncompressed
corsetedloose-fitting
Not tight on body
flowing · unstructured · baggy · shapeless · billowing
corseteduninhibited
Free from self-censorship
unrestrained · liberated · unconstrained · free-spirited · unfettered
- Victorian corsetStiffened lacing bodice
- leather corsetFitted torso garment, animal skin
- corset beltStiffened waist-shaping band
- corset backBodice with crisscross lacing