uptight (redirected from uptightness)

up·tight  (ptt)

adj. Slang

1. Tense; nervous.

2. Financially pressed; destitute.

3. Outraged; angry.

4. Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: "She sees this headlong, headstrong, plunge into worldliness as a protracted process of shucking the shame of her uptight upbringing" (James Wolcott).

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uptightness n.

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uptight

Adjective

Informal

1. nervously tense, irritable, or angry

2. unable to express one's feelings

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

uptight - being in a tense state               edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, jittery tense - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

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uptight

adjective (Informal) tense, wired (slang) anxious, neurotic, uneasy, prickly, edgy, on the defensive, on edge, nervy Brit. (informal) adrenalized

Translations

uptight [ʌpˈtaɪt] adj → tenso, nervioso

uptight [ʌpˈtaɪt] adj (inf) → très tendu(e) → crispé(e)

uptight [ʌpˈtaɪt] (inf) adj → nervös

uptight [ʌpˈtaɪt] adj (col) → teso/a