UPTIGHT

edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight

(adjective) being in a tense state

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

uptight (comparative uptighter, )

(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.

Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.

(colloquial) Sexually repressed.

(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.

Noun

uptight (plural uptights)

(colloquial) An uptight person.

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