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uptight::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive |
Examples of uptight
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Fast forward four years and my uptight freshman-self wouldn't even recognize me.
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Why are Fannie and Freddie so uptight about applications with disputed accounts?
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One of the oldest sayings in baseball is that you cannot play this game uptight.
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One brother is very relaxed, one is uptight, and the third is super-responsible.
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An uptight situation handled with a smile could result in a romantic connection.
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You get uptight more, start pressing and before you know it it's a nasty season.
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He's as outspoken and self-assured as Bertie is uptight and clinging to protocol.
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Anyone who walks into The Waterboy uptight won't long stay rigid and defensive.
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Maybe I was feeling a bit uptight, a little brittle, in need of some flexibility.
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- Edgy: being in a tense state
- Up-Tight is a 1966 album by US singer Stevie Wonder. It was his sixth release.
- Disco 2000 was a British pop band, a side project of The KLF. Vocals were handled by Cressida Cauty (wife of KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty) and June Montana, also known as Mo (former vocalist of Jimmy Cauty's previous band Brilliant). ...
- "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a 1966 hit single recorded by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label. One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight" was the first Stevie Wonder single to be co-written by the artist.
- The third season of American Disney Channel teen sitcom Hannah Montana aired from November 2, 2008 until March 14, 2010. Filming for the season started a day after the 2008 Teen Choice Awards. Season 3 of Hannah Montana focuses more on how the characters grow up than the previous seasons. ...
- Up Tight is a soundtrack album by southern soul band Booker T. & the MG's for the film of the same title. The album charted at number 98 on the Billboard 200 album chart and number 7 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.
- Excessively concerned with rules and order; Sexually repressed
- (uptightness) The state or quality of being uptight
- Adj. Frigid, conventional, stressed. [Orig. U.S.] {Informal}
