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uptight

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. being in a tense state [syn: edgy , high-strung , highly strung , in suspense(p) , jittery , jumpy , nervy , overstrung , restive ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Uptight is an Australian music television series aired on ATV-0 in Melbourne in 1967 until 1969 every Saturday mornings at 8am to 12pm, It hosted by Ross D. Wylie . Category:Network Ten shows Category:Australian music television series Category:1967 Australian ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB so ▪ Being so uptight all the while can't be good for you. ▪ Lately people seem to be so uptight . ▪ Now she's so uptight she can't relax at all and cringes even when I cuddle her. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ...

Usage examples of uptight.

Sarah and Caitlin were the uptight brainiacs, so it was only natural for them to get all caught up in this thing.

Courtney was perfectly nice and Harry could see that she certainly loved Jack, in an uptight, chilly, preppy sort of way, but Harry did not think that Jack loved Courtney.

That some uptight girl who works in an office during the day might really be this wild stripper on the weekend.

When Lotus became too uptight, too bureaucratic, too far from the true sources of his own satisfaction, Kapor walked.

Newerth, Ben’s uptight butler, had even confided that he'd caught Elvis sleeping in Ben’s bed on occasion, a sight Alannah had a hard time imagining.

As soon as I say I want someone to make baking powder for cooking they get all uptight and condescending.

Philippist Lutherans frequently thought that Flacians tended to be uptight, overly orthodox, ultrarigid pains.