prude noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /pruːd/ us /pruːd/ a person who is easily shocked by rude things, especially those of a sexual type: （对粗鲁的事情，尤指性问题）大惊小怪的人 Don't be such a prude.别这么大惊小怪的。 Synonyms
prigdisapproving
puritan SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Narrow-minded be set in your waysidiom be wearing blindersidiom be wearing blinkersidiom blinker blinkered closed-minded intolerantly myopia myopic myopically narrow-minded narrow-mindedly narrow-mindedness prissily prissy provinciality provincially prudish unreconstructed unthinking
Related words
prudish
prudishly
prudishness
prude | American Dictionary
prude noun[ C ] disapprovingus/prud/ a person who is easily shocked by rude things