Uptight

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uptight
       adj : being in a tense state [syn: {edgy}, {high-strung}, {highly
             strung}, {in suspense(p)}, {jittery}, {jumpy}, {nervy},
              {overstrung}, {restive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "uptight":
     accordant, anal, bourgeois, compulsive, concordant, conformist,
     conventional, corresponding, edgy, formalistic, harmonious,
     in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, kosher, nervy, orthodox,
     pedantic, plastic, precisianistic, restive, square, straight,
     strained, stretched tight, stuffy, taut, tense, traditionalist,
     under a strain, uneasy, unrelaxed