prudish
prooh dish
- s exaggeratedly proper
- And during Bill Clinton's sex scandal and impeachment in 1996, the French told American reporters that the event simply proved to them the overly prudish nature of the United States.
- The prevalence of onscreen sexual assault is all the more remarkable because censors in India are generally quite prudish.
- Our exclusive survey shows Asians are throwing off their prudish habits and evolving a whole new attitude to sex: anything goes Gone Fishing: Reeling in the men at a Shanghai .