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
- perpetratrix
- perpetuable
- perpetual
- perpetual almanac
- perpetual alms
- perpetual calendar
- perpetual check
- perpetual curacy
- perpetual curate
- perpetual flowering
- perpetual-flowering carnation
- perpetual fruiting
- perpetualism
- perpetualist
- perpetuality
- perpetually
- perpetual motion
- perpetual motionist
- perpetualness
- perpetual pill
- perpetual scholar
- perpetual spinach
- perpetual student
- perpetuana
- perpetuance