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prissy collapse

narrow-minded collapse: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"; rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

prudish collapse

puritan collapse: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures; a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

sedate collapse: characterized by dignity and propriety; cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

priggish collapse: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

impersonal collapse: having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"; not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark"

plexiform collapse

meshed collapse: resembling a network; "a meshed road system"

reticular collapse

netted collapse

hidebound collapse: stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded

interwoven collapse

intertwined collapse: twined or twisted together

interlaced collapse

woven collapse: made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony"

reserved collapse: cool and formal in manner; marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West; set aside for the use of a particular person or party

fretted collapse: having a pattern of fretwork or latticework; having frets

streaked collapse: marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; "streaked hair"; "fat legs and dirty streaky faces"

striped collapse: marked or decorated with stripes

plaited collapse

laced collapse: trimmed or decorated with lace; closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes"; edged or streaked with color; "white blossoms with purple-laced petals"

throat collapse: a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney";; an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep; the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

wreathed collapse

grated collapse

frigid collapse: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

textile collapse: of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile research"

crossroads collapse: a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"

incommodious collapse: uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations"

fjord collapse: a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

raddled collapse: used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles"

firth collapse: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland); English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

fiord collapse

thin ice collapse

imperilment collapse

straightjacket collapse

patented collapse: (of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are patented inventions"

disciplined collapse: obeying the rules; trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise; "the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles"; "a disciplined mind"

lacy collapse: made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf"; having open interstices or resembling a web

narrows collapse

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