purifying | (adjective) freeing from noxious matter | - |
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(adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purgatorial, purging |
(adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: cleansing |
puritanic | (adjective) morally rigorous and strict | Synonyms: blue, puritanical |
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puritanical | (adjective) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism | - |
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(adjective) morally rigorous and strict | Synonyms: blue, puritanic |
(adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |