Uptight Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Uptight has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

An uptight person.

Adjective

being in a tense state

edgy high-strung highly strung jittery jumpy nervy overstrung restive uptight

Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.

See Also

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Related Terms

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Rhyming Words

ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight

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