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Uptight

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveExcessively 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.AdjectiveEmotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
3.AdjectiveSexually repressed.
"He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!"
4.AdjectiveUnfriendly or rude.
5.NounAn uptight person.
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