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Adjective
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Comparative for of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice
primmer
prissier
starchier
stuffier
stiffer
stricter
austerer
rigider
severer
narrower
squarer
uptighter
mimsier
straighter
smugger
staider
soberer
seemlier
nicer
politer
seriouser
earnester
simpler
fustier
stodgier
puffier
fitter
sterner
chaster
fussier
more prudish
more proper
more priggish
more Victorian
more schoolmarmish
more moralistic
more abstinent
more schoolmistressy
more ascetic
more spartan
more straitlaced
more abstemious
more straightlaced
more bluenosed
more conforming
more puritan
more moral
more sententious
more censorious
more forbidding
more strait-laced
more narrow-minded
more old-maidish
more nice-nelly
more tight-laced
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“Working among the Calvinist peasantry in Staphorst, a village near Amsterdam, Sluyters adopted a sombre Expressionist style to depict the puritanical austerity of their lives.”
Adjective
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Comparative for insular in one's views, opinions or outlook
narrower
rigider
smaller
less
primmer
stuffier
starchier
prissier
smaller-minded
pettier
stricter
meaner
shallower
blinder
extremer
hatefuller
ignobler
rabider
vulgarer
baser
nastier
wilfuller
stubborner
more narrow-minded
more insular
more provincial
more parochial
more inflexible
more limited
more sectarian
more picayune
more blinkered
more hidebound
more dogmatic
more restricted
more conservative
more conventional
more myopic
more Lilliputian
more opinionated
more localist
more diehard
more reactionary
more pigheaded
more partisan
more blimpish
more jerkwater
more claustral
more prudish
more moralistic
more priggish
more shockable
more close-minded
more short-sighted
more dyed-in-the-wool
more strait-laced
more ❯
Adjective
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Comparative for strict or exacting in standards
stricter
harsher
rigider
harder
severer
sterner
tougher
dourer
firmer
grimmer
pickier
uptighter
steadfaster
stubborner
stuffier
more rigorous
more stringent
more inflexible
more oppressive
more unbending
more authoritarian
more draconian
more uncompromising
more unyielding
more disciplinary
more forbidding
more illiberal
more adamant
more adamantine
more bullheaded
more determined
more exacting
more fixed
more headstrong
more indurate
more intractable
more intransigent
more obdurate
more obstinate
more pertinacious
more relentless
more resolute
more set
more solid
more unadaptable
more undeviating
more unpermissive
more unpersuadable
more unrelenting
more unshakeable
more unsparing
more unwavering
more cast-iron
more dead set
more heavy-handed
more iron-fisted
more no-nonsense
Adjective
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Comparative for fastidious and hard to please
finickier
fussier
pickier
choosier
daintier
nicer
finer
keener
primmer
purer
sharper
stuffier
acuter
faddier
prissier
stricter
stiffer
rigider
tougher
more delicate
more fastidious
more discriminating
more demanding
more critical
more discerning
more sensitive
more exacting
more inflexible
more pernickety
more choosey
more finical
more particular
more persnickety
more prudish
more refined
more scrupulous
more selective
more careful
more faddish
more fussbudgety
more meticulous
more pedantic
more perceptive
more perfectionist
more proper
more punctilious
more squeamish
more hypercritical
more overdelicate
more overnice
more overparticular
more nit-picky
more schoolmarmish
more strait-laced
more old-maidish
more Victorian
more uncompromising
more exact
more methodical
more rigorous
more conscientious
more mathematical
more stringent
more priggish
more scientific
more fixed
more precise
Adjective
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Comparative for very plain in style or appearance
severer
plainer
simpler
austerer
chaster
starker
unfussier
sparer
more restrained
more unadorned
more unembellished
more ascetic
more functional
more classic
more monastic
more spartan
more clinical
more uncluttered
more Spartan
more bare-bones
Adjective
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Comparative for serious, grave or solemn in nature
soberer
seriouser
graver
severer
sombrerUK
austerer
sombererUS
weightier
earnester
sterner
drearier
staider
stricter
duller
grimmer
more solemn
more sedate
more sobersided
more humorlessUS
more humourlessUK
more uncomic
more douce
more unhumorous
more no-nonsense
more po-faced
more serious-minded
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