Uptight

/ʌpˈtaɪt/

Synonyms for "uptight" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Adjective(3 words)

high-strung anxious conservative

accordant anal angry bourgeois compulsive concordant conformist conventional corresponding

Verb(1 words)

buttoned

Strong matches (18)

edge edgy formalistic harmonioushigh strungin accordin keepingin linein stepinhibited intense kosher

Adjective(6 words)

edgy formalhighly strungjittery jumpy moralistic

Related words (31)

Adjective(9 words)

nervous nervy overstrung pedantic prudish restive rigid stringent tense

nervy orthodox overwrought pedantic plastic precisianistic priggish puritan restive restless square stiff straight strainedstretched tightstuffy taut tense traditionalistunder a strain

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uneasy unrelaxed

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

behavioral traitemotional statemoodmoral attitudepersonality traitsocial attitude

More specific

8 entries

conformism edgy high-strung moralism orthodoxy pedantry prudishnesssexual conservatism

Collocations

5 entries

uptight attitudeuptight cultureuptight demeanoruptight mooduptight protocol

Inflections

2 entries

more uptightmost uptight

Derivations

1 entries

uptightness

similar

1 entries

tense

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Tom is a little uptight.

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You're ways too uptight about sex.

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What are you so uptight about?

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I'm not uptight.

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