Definition of puritanical

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• puritanical is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
• puritanical is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
• puritanical is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of puritanical

• morally rigorous and strict (adjective)

  Examples

  1. she was anything but puritanical in her behavior

  Synonyms

  1. blue
  2. puritanic
• exaggeratedly proper (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. priggish
  2. prim
  3. prissy
  4. prudish
  5. square-toed
  6. straight-laced
  7. straightlaced
  8. strait-laced
  9. straitlaced
  10. tight-laced
  11. victorian
• of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism ()

See definition of puritanical in Merriam Webster