Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Adjective: uptight  úp'tIt
Usage: informal
  1. Being in a tense state
    "uptight parents are sensitive themselves";
    - edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, squirrelly [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Exaggeratedly proper
    "These animals are much more laid back than their uptight counterparts";
    - priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed [archaic], straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, bluenosed [US, informal]

See also: proper, tense

Encyclopedia: Uptight

Nearest

upswell
upswept
upswing
upsy-daisy
uptake
uptalk
upthrow
upthrust
uptick
up-tick
uptight
uptil
uptime
up-to-date
up-to-dateness
Upton Beall Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
up-to-the-minute
uptown
uptrend
upturn