uptight
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/ʌpˈtaɪt/
English
Definitions
noun
- An uptight person.
adjective
- 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.”
- Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
- Sexually repressed.“He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!”
- Unfriendly and rude.
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Synonyms
overstrungrestivehigh-strungnervyedgyjumpyjitterytensenervousin suspensetighttautstressed-outmadstrainedupset