All uptight synonyms
up·tight
U u adj uptight
- angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
- hard put — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- bundle of nerves — a very nervous person
- all shook up — shaken, upset
- do or die — reflecting or characterized by an irrevocable decision to succeed at all costs; desperate; all-out: a do-or-die attempt to halt the invaders.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- incensed — an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- delphic — of or relating to Delphi or its oracle or temple
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- iron-fisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- distrustful — unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious: An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- in check — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
- in depth — extensive, thorough, or profound: an in-depth analysis of the problem.
- fluttery — fluttering; apt to flutter.