edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight
(adjective) being in a tense state
Source: WordNet® 3.1
uptight (comparative uptighter, )
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
(colloquial) Sexually repressed.
(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
uptight (plural uptights)
(colloquial) An uptight person.
Source: Wiktionary
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
