Sekirov Dictionary

uptight

/ʌpˈtaɪt/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 5

adjective4

Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
•
(informal, disapproving) Sexually repressed.
- He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
•
(informal) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
- Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.
•
(informal) Unfriendly or rude.
- Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything. / Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man. — 1987

noun1

(informal) An uptight person.

forms

uptights · more uptight · uptighter · most uptight · uptightest

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