uptight

/ʌpˈtaɪt/

adj 4noun 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem, sound

get

When my brother lost my favorite book, I got uptight about it for weeks.

make sb

ADV

really, very

all

She became all uptight when her boss asked about the missing files.

a bit, quite

PREP

about

My parents got really uptight about the mess in my room last weekend.

Definitions

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — being in a tense state

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.

Wiktionary

He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Tom is a little uptight.

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You're ways too uptight about sex.

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What are you so uptight about?

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Usage Notes

i Register

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

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