All uptight synonyms
upΒ·tight
U u adj uptight
- inhibited β overly restrained.
- grumbly β to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- indepth β extensive, thorough, or profound: an in-depth analysis of the problem.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- hardline β an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- restrained β characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- defensive β You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- butterflies β tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- apprehensive β Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- insecure β subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- frightened β thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- ironfisted β ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- hard as nails β tough, durable
- in-compliant β not compliant; unyielding.
- in state β to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- irascible β easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- nervous β highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- dead set β absolutely
- mistrustful β full of mistrust; suspicious.
- concerned β If you are concerned to do something, you want to do it because you think it is important.
- in a state β distraught
- distressed β afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
- hyper β overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- doctrinal β of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- hypersensitive β excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- edgy β nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- in a stew β agitated, flustered
- disagreeable β contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- laid back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- conventional β Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- grousing β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- in a sweat β perspiring
- chicken-hearted β easily frightened; cowardly
- worried β having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
adjective uptight
- overexact β Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
- frantic β desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- overanxious β excessively anxious.
- isolationist β a person who favors or works for isolationism.
- hardboiled β Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- waspy β Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.
- querulous β full of complaints; complaining.
- fraught β Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- obsessive β being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
- jellyfish β any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- intimate β associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
- rabbity β any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.