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
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- Islamite
- Islamitic
- Islamitish
- Islamization
- Islamize
- Islamofascism
- Islamofascist
- Islamophobe
- Islamophobia
- Islamophobic
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- island area
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- islander
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- island state
- personalised medicine
- personalism
- personalismo
- personalist
- personalistic
- personalistics