puritanical

puritanical is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
2. adjective. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
3. adjective. morally rigorous and strict

   "the puritan work ethic"

   "puritanic distaste for alcohol"

   Synonyms: blue, puritanic

4. adjective. exaggeratedly proper

   "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

   Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, straightlaced, straitlaced, victorian

5. adjective. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

Synonyms

blue, puritanic, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, straightlaced, straitlaced, victorian

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in puritanical:

unpiratical

Common word forms

puritanically, puritanicalness

Words from these letters

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