prudish

Other forms of prudish

comparative

prudisher·

superlative

prudishest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prudish

What does prudish mean?

prudish means "exaggeratedly proper".

How many syllables are in prudish?

prudish has 2 syllables: pru-dish. The stress falls on "pru". In IPA it is /ˈpɹudɪʃ/.

What is another word for prudish?

Close synonyms include priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prudish a common word?

prudish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.