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prude

prude

35 6.6
A person who feels embarrassed by sexual talk and likes to act in a modest way
  • noun
  • /pruːd/
  • Offensive
translation icon : mojigato
  • His overly modest behavior at the party marked him as a prude among his friends.
  • a prude about sex
  • a bit of a prude
  • just a prude

But that doesn't mean that women are Victorian chaste prudes.

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Examples

  • Darling, don't be such a prude.

    Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)

  • My mother is a prude, insofar as she deplores modern sexual practices, but she's not frigid.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • When did you become such a prude?

    X (2022)

  • Why are you such a prude?

    One Day (2011)

  • You are such a prude!

    American Reunion (2012)

  • I am not a prude and I'm open to trying anything.

  • Don't be such a prude.

    Lianna (1983)

  • And Matt, you think Elyse is an uptight, geeky prude, who needs to loosen up and get laid.

    American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005)

  • "Helen, I didn't think you were so much of a prude," Pet Connor replied with a sly grin.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • She refused to watch the R-rated movie because she is such a prude.

Synonyms

prim
vsprude
8 7.9

A person who is very formal and proper

expresses excessive modesty about sexual or moral matters rather than mere stiffness
puritan
vsprude
6 7.2

A person who thinks people should follow very strict moral or religious rules and dislikes fun

is chiefly modest about sexual and moral matters rather than religious rule enforcement
Miss Priss
vsprude
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who cares too much about being proper and polite

focuses on modesty about sex and morality rather than simple social politeness

Antonyms

promiscuous
  • NSFW
28 7.6

Having many short sexual relationships with different people

libertine
  • NSFW
5 9.9

A person who ignores moral rules, especially about sex

dissolute
  • Formal
3 8.8

A person who lives in a wild way and ignores rules about right and wrong

How Modest

puritan
6 7.2
prude
  • Offensive
35 6.6
reserved
3.7
modest
81 2.7
free spirit
23 4.8
libertine
  • NSFW
2 9.6

Surface Forms

prude singular
prudes plural

Etymology

Prude comes from the old Latin word prudens, which means 'wise' or 'careful' and is the same root as prudent. That's why a prude became someone seen as 'too strict' or 'too careful' about sex and proper behaviour.