Uptight
Pronunciation
- enPR: Åp-tÄ«t', IPA: en, /ÊŒpˈtaɪt/
- Rhymes: -en, -aɪt
Full definition of uptight
Adjective
uptight
- (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.
- Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
- (colloquial) Sexually repressed.He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
- (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.