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uptight

adjective

  1. on edge and controlling
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʌpˈtaɪt/

adj

  1. Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.

    “Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.”

  2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
  3. Sexually repressed.

    “He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!”

  4. Unfriendly or rude.

    “Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything. / Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man.”

noun

  1. An uptight person.