English to Maltese Meaning of straitlaced - straitlaced

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Definitions of straitlaced in English

Adjective(1) exaggeratedly proper

Examples of straitlaced in English

(1) Men have long considered traditional marital roles ‘anemic and constricting,’ according to Real, and no longer being the sole breadwinner is a loosening of the straitjacket .(2) We must break through the mental straitjacket and realize that another world is possible.(3) Mr McNamara, for the defendant, submits that the Framework does not impose a straitjacket but that in any event the matter was approached correctly in terms of the flowchart in Figure 5.(4) A quick strong jerk and the straitjacket burst up high into the air.(5) That is a deliberate attempt to straitjacket the winner of Brazil's presidential election, due in October.(6) He was on a gurney, all wrapped up in a straitjacket and his feet were chained together.(7) the treaty should not be used as a tool to straitjacket international trade(8) Their role is to straitjacket the working class and organize defeats.(9) the treaty should not be used as a tool to straitjacket international trade(10) Any form of independent resistance by workers, any attempt to break out of the straitjacket and control of the trade unions, is to be prevented under all circumstances.(11) And we were taken to be strapped together in an all-in-one straitjacket .(12) It's one of the more panic-inducing screen sequences in memory: In a hospital morgue, a mental patient is trussed in a straitjacket and locked away in the airless dark of a body storage drawer.(13) the government is operating in an economic straitjacket(14) He once swam a mile with his hands and feet handcuffed together and did 12 lengths in a straitjacket .(15) Defining public use narrowly would put a straitjacket on governments in devising solutions to difficult social problems.(16) The pupils are hard at work and Blaine will be treated to a display including a lampshade which induces insanity, a multi-coloured straitjacket and a speech by each pupil explaining their work.

Related Phrases of straitlaced

(1) strait-laced ::

istrett-maqfula

Related Phrases of straitlaced

(1) strait-laced ::

istrett-maqfula

Synonyms

Adjective

1. prim ::

prim

2. prudish ::

prudish

3. puritanical ::

puritanical

4. tight-laced ::

stretta maqfula

6. square-toed ::

kwadri-toed

8. straight-laced ::

straight-maqfula

9. prissy ::

prissy

10. strait-laced ::

istrett-maqfula

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