English Explanatory Dictionary

uptight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
  2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
  3. Sexually repressed.
  4. Unfriendly or rude.
noun
  1. An uptight person.

Pronunciation

ŭp-tīt' /ʌpˈtaɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uptight.wav

Word forms

uptight uptighter more uptight uptightest most uptight uptights

Related words

anal-retentive petty bourgeois narrow-minded stuffy
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