uptight en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- ŭp-tīt'
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ʌpˈtaɪt/
Meanings
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(colloquial) 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.
- Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
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(colloquial) Sexually repressed.
He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
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(colloquial) 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.
1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more uptight | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most uptight | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| uptighter | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| uptightest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (11)
de verklemmt ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · pl spięty ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · ru напряженный ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · ru чопорный ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · ru чинный ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · fi kireä ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · fi ahdasmielinen ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · mk на́пнат ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · nl geremd ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · fi niuhottava ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious) · fr coincé ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)