'uptight' definitions:
Definition of 'uptight'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
Synonyms of 'uptight'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordant,
- anal,
- bourgeois,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- conformist,
- conventional,
- corresponding,
- edgy,
- formalistic,
- harmonious,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- kosher,
- nervy,
- orthodox,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- precisianistic,
- restive,
- square,
- straight,
- strained,
- stretched tight,
- stuffy,
- taut,
- tense,
- traditionalist,
- under a strain,
- uneasy,
- unrelaxed