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uptight Definition


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uptight
adj
    colloq:
    1. Nervous; anxious; tense.
      Thesaurus: anxious, edgy, tense, uneasy, nervous, hung up (slang); Antonym: relaxed, laid-back (slang).
    2. Angry; irritated.
    3. Strait-laced; conventional.
      Thesaurus: conventional, conservative, old-fashioned.
Etymology: 1960s.



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