uptightness


up·tight

U0139400 (ŭp′tīt′)adj. Slang 1. Tense; nervous: was uptight about turning 50.2. Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: "[She] struck some as uptight or even prissy, a person so private she could be hard to read" (Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson).
up′tight′ness n.

uptightness

(ʌpˈtaɪtnəs) nthe quality or state of being uptight