uptight
/ʌpˈtaɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
Example Sentences
- "Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light."
- "He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!"
- "Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything. / Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man."
- "[…] bunch of uptights who can be divided into two antagonistic factions: either they are gay and suffer from an excess of the fraternity spirit, or despite reaching middle-age they are still to be found fondling runaway teenagers […]"
Usage
Inflected Forms
uptighter (comparative)
more uptight (comparative)
uptightest (superlative)
most uptight (superlative)
uptights (plural)