nunnish
Like a sister
Nunnish describes qualities associated with nuns—modest, chaste, austere, or withdrawn from worldly pleasures.
The word usually carries a faintly disapproving tone, suggesting excessive primness or repression: Her nunnish attitude toward dating frustrated her friends.
It can also describe plain, severe clothing or decor: a nunnish gray dress.
Of religious community life
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- celibateAbstaining from sex
- reclusiveSeeking isolation from others
secluded · contemplative · meditative · hermitic · self-denying · frugal · simple · solitary
Given to worship
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- reverentFeeling profound respect
- holyDedicated to the divine
- spiritualRelating to the soul
devotional · worshipful · godly · religious · faithful · sanctified · blessed · saintly
Unsullied or inexperienced
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- modestLacking in pretension
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- innocentFree from moral wrong
maidenly · demure · untouched · immaculate · unsullied · unblemished · vestal · veiled
Rigorous, without flexibility
- orderlyArranged with care
- regimentedStrictly controlled and organized
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
- structuredArranged in organized form
methodical · punctual · diligent · meticulous · rule-bound · regulated · systematic · observant
monastic
Of religious community life
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- celibateAbstaining from sex
reclusive · secluded · contemplative · meditative · hermitic · self-denying · frugal · simple · solitary · withdrawn
prayerful
Given to worship
spiritual · devotional · worshipful · godly · religious · faithful · sanctified · blessed · saintly · beatific
virginal
Unsullied or inexperienced
innocent · maidenly · demure · untouched · immaculate · unsullied · unblemished · vestal · veiled · covered
strict
Rigorous, without flexibility
- orderlyArranged with care
- regimentedStrictly controlled and organized
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
structured · methodical · punctual · diligent · meticulous · rule-bound · regulated · systematic · observant · dutiful
nunnishwanton
Deliberately cruel without reason
immodest · promiscuous · slutty · licentious · unchaste
nunnishworldly
Experienced in practical affairs
hedonistic · pleasure-seeking · sybaritic · indulgent · decadent
nunnishvivacious
Attractively energetic and enthusiastic
uninhibited · exuberant · effervescent · gregarious · ebullient