• Uptight

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: Å­p-tÄ«t', IPA: en, /ÊŒpˈtaɪt/
    • Rhymes: -en, -aɪt

    Full definition of uptight

    Adjective

    uptight

    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 and rude.

    Noun

    uptight

    (plural uptights)
    1. (colloquial) An uptight person.
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