"uptight" meaning in All languages combined

See uptight on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈtaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uptight.wav Forms: uptighter [comparative], more uptight [comparative], uptightest [superlative], most uptight [superlative]
enPR: ŭp-tīt' Rhymes: -aɪt Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} uptight (comparative uptighter or more uptight, superlative uptightest or most uptight)
  1. (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People Translations ((colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious): geremd (Dutch), kireä (Finnish), niuhottava (Finnish), ahdasmielinen (Finnish), coincé (French), verklemmt (German), на́пнат (nápnat) (Macedonian), spięty (Polish), чопорный (čopornyj) (Russian), чинный (činnyj) (Russian), напряженный (naprjažennyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-uptight-en-adj-NAvOh-g1 Disambiguation of People: 22 8 0 39 32 Disambiguation of '(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious': 82 5 7 5
  2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
    Sense id: en-uptight-en-adj-pCnWb27X
  3. (colloquial) Sexually repressed. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-uptight-en-adj-l3tmGd7-
  4. (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-uptight-en-adj-1vnmbIA5 Disambiguation of People: 22 8 0 39 32

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈtaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uptight.wav Forms: uptights [plural]
enPR: ŭp-tīt' Rhymes: -aɪt Head templates: {{en-noun}} uptight (plural uptights)
  1. (colloquial) An uptight person. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People Related terms: anal retentive, petty bourgeois, narrow minded, stuffy
    Sense id: en-uptight-en-noun-pWTd~l21 Disambiguation of People: 22 8 0 39 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 7 7 2 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 11 10 2 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 9 8 2 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 4 1 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 10 9 2 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 9 7 9 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 9 9 1 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 9 8 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 7 5 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 11 10 8 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 7 6 2 77

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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