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Uptight

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Adjective

1. edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight

being in a tense state

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Uptight

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adjective informal
1. 
displaying tense repressed nervousness, irritability, or anger
2. 
unable to give expression to one's feelings, personality, etc

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Uptight

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adjective Slang
1. 
very tense, nervous, anxious, etc.
2. 
overly conventional or strict

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Uptight

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adj.
Slang
1. Tense; nervous: was uptight about turning 50.
2. Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: "[She] struck some as uptight or even prissy, a person so private she could be hard to read" (Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson).

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