ahdasmielinen adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)
kireä adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)
niuhottava adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)

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coincé adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)

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verklemmt adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)

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на́пнат adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)

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spięty adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)

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напряженный adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)
чинный adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)
чопорный adj ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious)

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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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