uptight
/ʌpˈtʌɪt
/ /ˈʌptʌɪt /adjective informal
Anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way: he is so uptight about everything...
- You are angry, uptight and feeling the physical effects of this anxiety.
- My real dad was mad at me and my mom one day because he couldn't understand why we made fun of him when he got so angry and uptight.
- I was incredibly nervous and uptight - seeing your hero in the flesh is truly a terrifying experience.
Rhymes
- pluralistic ignorance
- plurality
- pluralization
- pluralize
- pluralizer
- plurally
- plural marriage
- plural society
- plural voting
- plurative
- plurennial
- pluri-
- pluriarc
- pluricellular
- pluricentral
- pluricultural
- pluricuspid
- pluridentate
- pluridimensional
- pluri-disciplinary
- pluries
- pluriflorous
- plurifoliate
- plurifoliolate
- pluriform