prude
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Nobody wants to be unsophisticated, or a prude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
I like to make jokes, I like to have all this bravado, but I’m really kind of a prude and shy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
Rivera’s not a prude; he will utter an expletive into the microphone if the occasion calls for it.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022
I’ll make the season frightful myself with picks from around the world that include a prude mutant, a vengeful witch, a tortured musician and a demonic dinner.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021
Ella and I badmouthed her to each other: She’s such a prude, she’s so this, she’s so that.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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