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In some senses, uptight is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
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 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.
noun
An uptight person.