uptight
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uptight
- /ʌpˈtaɪt/
Rhymes with -aɪt
adjective uptighter · more uptight · uptightest · most uptight
- 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 uptights
- An uptight person. […] bunch of uptights who can be divided into two antagonistic factions: either they are gay and suffer from an excess of the fraternity spirit, or despite reaching middle-age they are still to be found fondling runaway teenagers […]
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adj (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious
| Français | coincé |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verklemmt |
| Русский | чопорный čopornyj, чинный činnyj, напряженный naprjažennyj |
Talk about this word "uptight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/uptight. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. uptight. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/uptight "uptight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/uptight.
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@misc{uptight_2026,
title = {uptight},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uptight},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
