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uptight

[uhp-tahyt]

adjective

Slang.
  1. tense, nervous, or jittery.

  2. annoyed or angry.

  3. stiffly conventional in manner or attitudes.



uptight

/ ʌˈٲɪ /

adjective

  1. displaying tense repressed nervousness, irritability, or anger

  2. unable to give expression to one's feelings, personality, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • uptightness noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of uptight1

1960–65, up (perhaps as intensifier) + tight
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As a 25-year-old Boston Symphony assistant conductor, he was speaking to audiences, sharing enthusiasm that not all uptight Bostonians were quite ready for.

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There are certain people in the room that are so uptight that I kind of want to win them over first, just so I can get away with the rest of the monologue.

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Maybe being a micromanager and a little uptight weren’t such horrible things after all.

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Who would want to be uptight when you could be irrepressible?

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At first, the character is "uptight, serious, buttoned up", and Dennis has to curb his natural instincts to play up to the crowd.

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