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uptight
[ uhp-tahyt ]
adjective
- tense, nervous, or jittery.
- annoyed or angry.
- stiffly conventional in manner or attitudes.
uptight
/ ʌˈٲɪ /
adjective
- displaying tense repressed nervousness, irritability, or anger
- unable to give expression to one's feelings, personality, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱ·پn noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
There are certain people in the room that are so uptight that I kind of want to win them over first, just so I can get away with the rest of the monologue.
Maybe being a micromanager and a little uptight weren’t such horrible things after all.
Who would want to be uptight when you could be irrepressible?
At first, the character is "uptight, serious, buttoned up", and Dennis has to curb his natural instincts to play up to the crowd.
A finely calibrated cast, including Christopher Walken, finds depth in initially shallow stereotypes — rich influencer, uptight white guy, brainy Indian girl — as a crew sentenced to community service for their petty infractions.
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