uptight
adjective/ˌʌpˈtaɪt/
/ˌʌpˈtaɪt/
(informal)- uptight (about something) anxious and/or angry about something
- Relax! You're getting too uptight about it.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.
- Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.
- She felt too uptight to do any work.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- uptight (about something) (especially North American English) nervous about showing your feelings
- an uptight teenager
- He's a very uptight person.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
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