Synonyms of nice-nelly

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adjective

ˈnīs-ˈne-lē 

as in Victorian

given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals

the novel's wildly off base portrayal of 18th-century aristocrats as nice-nelly exemplars of decorum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• Victorian
• puritanical
• moral
• proper
• bluenosed
• prudish
• prim
• refined
• decent
• straightlaced
• straitlaced
• honest
• priggish
• upright
• staid
• stuffy
• virtuous
• righteous
• genteel
• right

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bad
• improper
• permissive
• liberated
• loose
• wicked
• lax
• indecent
• immoral
• lecherous
• prurient
• sleazy
• degraded
• perverted
• degenerate
• depraved
• lickerish
• skanky
• slutty
• debauched
• slatternly
• sluttish
• trampy

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noun

as in puritan

a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters

some nice nelly bowdlerized this collection of wartime ditties that were lustily sung by the men around the campfire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puritan
• Mrs. Grundy
• prude
• moralist
• bluenose
• wowser
• moralizer
• old maid
• Goody Two-shoes
• goody-goody
• stuffed shirt
• spoilsport
• prig
• fuddy-duddy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• libertine
• immoralist
• libertarian
• misbehaver