Synonym: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive. Similar words: tight, tights, tighten, tightly, sit tight, hold tight, tightwad, airtight. Meaning: adj. being in a tense state.
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(31) Their activities are perfectly normal and it is a pity that adults are sometimes over-ready to become uptight about it.
(32) Movie companies are understandably uptight about relinquishing control over how products are portrayed by film makers.
(33) My parents have always been uptight about me dating boys.
(34) Ike and Tina proved they could even tear the roof off of prestigious and uptight Carnegie Hall.
(35) Advisers warned that one slip could tip the race. Whether true or not, the result was uptight and uninspiring.
(36) At first, Hermione seemed like a very uptight show-off.
(37) I tend to get very uptight during a match.
(38) B: I had my reasons. Don't be so uptight.
(39) Why is America so uptight about drinking?
(40) She was uptight about the interview.
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(41) You can shove your uptight morals up your ass.
(42) Try being low - key and open rather than uptight and defensive.
(43) Coffee bars will only work in Santiago, because Chileans are so uptight.
(44) If we were the bosses, we'd consider finding a replacement for this uptight , petty , sanctimonious clerk.
(45) He was very uptight about his daughter's scraggly - looking boyfriends.
(46) There's no use you getting uptight about me, Mr. Elmore.
(47) She is both poised and uptight, both intellectually curious and submissively ladylike.
(48) You really are uptight ! We're at a dance club , and you're still trying to learn English!
(49) Why is everyone so uptight about answering a few questions?
(50) An English song can loosen up our uptight nerve & off whiny emotion.
(51) Sally is blonde, smiley , clean-living, structured and very organized in an uptight way and she has already planned the entire trip.
More similar words: tight, tights, tighten, tightly, sit tight, hold tight, tightwad, airtight, tightened, tightness, watertight, tightening, tight-fitting, lightweight, highlighter, highlights, high and mighty, highlight, nuptial, eruption, nuptials, irruption, disruption, corruption, prenuptial, disruptive, corruptible, incorruptible, interruption, interrupting.