Clues for the word "PRUDE"
We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 88 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer crossword on March 31, 2025.
Definition of prude
- a. - A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.
Referring Clues
- Bluenose
- Victorian type
- Goody-goody
- Victorian, maybe
- Stuffy sort
- Priggish one
- Uptight person
- Fuddy-duddy
- Overly proper person
- Annoyingly proper one
- Hardly a libertine
- Straight-laced finger-wagger
- Easily offended sort
- One overly concerned with decorum
- Puritanical person
- Overly decorous one
- Overly modest one
- Prissy one
- Excessively proper type
- Goody two shoes
- Blue nose
- One unwilling to go to bed, say
- One overly concerned with propriety
- Nice Nelly
- Goody two-shoes
- Priggish person
- Very proper sort
- Strait laced one
- One overly upright
- Overly proper one
- Lip-purser
- Puritanical sort
- Prissy person
- "Oooh, you said a swear!" type
- Type overly concerned with decorum
- Puritan
- I'm overtly modest but quietly vulgar
- Puritan, prig
- Puritan, but saucy on the quiet
- Victorian in manner
- Moralistic sort
- Prig
- Old-fashioned one
- One who's easily shocked or scandalized
- Easily shockable sort
- "We are not amused" type
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 31, 2025
- LA Times - November 07, 2024
- Daily American - September 25, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 18, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 26, 2024
- Daily American - April 15, 2024
- New York Times - October 29, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 26, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 07, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 04, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 07, 2023
- Daily American - September 25, 2022
- Daily Quick - September 01, 2022
- New York Times - July 06, 2022
- New York Times - April 04, 2022
- USA Today - August 25, 2017
- LA Times - December 23, 2016
- Guardian Quick - September 08, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 24, 2016
- Guardian Quick - May 31, 2016
- Penny Dell Daily - May 10, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 18, 2016
- Netword - April 17, 2016
- Family Time - April 03, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 13, 2016
- Netword - December 26, 2015
- Jonesin - July 14, 2015
- And in 58 more crossword puzzles...