uptight

“It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys,” she said.

Read another way, she is a horrible mother, an uptight snob, and a bit of a shrew.

One of the characters I played was an uptight whackjob, so that was probably written for me.

All of this makes even the most well-meaning junior soldier more confused and more uptight.

The producers were looking to start a fight between the laid-back Sebastian and Camille, his uptight counterpart.

She is slender, immaculately dressed, and—as Dr. Feldman could see immediately—rigid and very uptight about herself.