uptight

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ʌpˈtaɪt/

Definition of uptight

5 senses · 2 parts of speech

adj

  1. (colloquial)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.”
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adj

  1. (colloquial)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.”
  2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
  3. (colloquial)Sexually repressed.
    “He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!”
  4. (colloquial)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

  1. (colloquial)An uptight person.

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