Uptight synonyms
ŭp'tīt'
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Anxious; troubled:
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- Anxious; troubled:
- Involved or interested
- Interested and involved:
Able or quick to apprehend or understand
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- Able or quick to apprehend or understand
- Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
- Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy:
Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy:
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- Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy:
- Depending on or conforming to formal or accepted standards or rules rather than nature; not natural, original, or spontaneous
- Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary:
Rigorous in the imposition of discipline:
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- Rigorous in the imposition of discipline:
- Not loose or vague; exact or precise:
- Carefully maintained or observed:
Suited to or favoring the styles, methods, manners, or ideas of past times; esp., out-of-date; antiquated; outmoded
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- Suited to or favoring the styles, methods, manners, or ideas of past times; esp., out-of-date; antiquated; outmoded
- Attached to or favoring methods, ideas, or customs of an earlier time:
- Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated.
troubled (related)
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conservative (related)
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Daring, provocative, or trend-setting:
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- Daring, provocative, or trend-setting:
- (Informal) Innovative, daring, unconventional, etc.
- Nervous or irritable:
- Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget.
- Creating unnecessary fuss.
- Nervous; uneasy
Moving in jumps, jerks, or abrupt variations
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- Moving in jumps, jerks, or abrupt variations
- Characterized by fitful, jerky movements.
- Nervous or apprehensive
Characterized by or having a disordered state of the nerves
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- Characterized by or having a disordered state of the nerves
- Of the nerves
- Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension:
(Linguistics) Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.
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- (Linguistics) Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.
- In a state of nervous tension or mental strain:
- Causing or characterized by nervous tension or mental strain:
a bundle of nerves
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all wound up
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on-edge
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tighten (related)
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