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
- ana
- -ana
- ana-
- Anabaptism
- Anabaptist
- anabasis
- anabatic
- anabiosis
- anabiotic
- anabolic
- anabolic steroid
- anabolism
- anabranch
- an accident waiting to happen
- an ace up one's sleeve (or in the hole)
- anachronic
- anachronism
- anachronistic
- anachronistically
- anacidity
- anaclitic
- anacoluthic
- anacoluthon
- anaconda
- an acquired taste