uptight
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adjective Slang.
1.
tense, nervous, or jittery.
2.
annoyed or angry.
3.
stiffly conventional in manner or attitudes.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | displaying tense repressed nervousness, irritability, or anger |
| 2. | unable to give expression to one's feelings, personality, etc |
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Uptight
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
uptight
Slang sense of "tense" is from 1934; that of "straight-laced" first recorded 1969. It was used in a sense of "excellent" in jazz slang c.1962.
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uptight definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Are you seriously gonna get so uptight bc the post didnt give you an exact play by play of the incidents.
The other reps are so uptight and tense they don't even talk to one another.
If you're frantic and uptight, they can make things easier.
Probation officers are kind of uptight, they're mission is to make you fail.
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