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
- Philonian
- Philonic
- Philonism
- Philonist
- Philonize
- philonoist
- philopatric
- philopatry
- philopolemic
- philopolemical
- philopornist
- philoprogeneity
- philoprogenitive
- philoprogenitiveness
- philorthodox
- philos.
- philo-Semite
- philo-Semitic
- philo-Semitism
- philosoph
- philosophaster
- philosophastering
- philosophastry
- philosophate
- philosophating