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uptight
[uhp-tahyt]
adjective
tense, nervous, or jittery.
annoyed or angry.
stiffly conventional in manner or attitudes.
uptight
/ ʌˈٲɪ /
adjective
displaying tense repressed nervousness, irritability, or anger
unable to give expression to one's feelings, personality, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- uptightness noun
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Maybe being a micromanager and a little uptight weren’t such horrible things after all.
Who would want to be uptight when you could be irrepressible?
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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