uptight JUST WRITTEN FOR YOU
/ʌpˈtaɪt/ · up.tight
noun
- An uptight person. The uptight manager was always worried about the company's image.
adjective
- 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. She was uptight before her big presentation, but she managed to calm down.
- Sexually repressed. He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
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Did you know? The phrase 'uptight' was popularized in the 1960s by the Beatles in their song 'A Day in the Life', where John Lennon sings 'I'd love to turn you on' to a character who is described as 'uptight'.