uptight
pronunciation
How to pronounce uptight in British English:
UK [ˌʌpˈtaɪt]
How to pronounce uptight in American English:
US [ˈʌpˈtaɪt]
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- Adjective:
- being in a tense state
Word Origin
- uptight (adj.)
- "tense," slang, 1934, from up- + tight (adj.). Meaning "straight-laced" first recorded 1969. It was used in a sense of "excellent" in jazz slang c. 1962.
Example
- 1. Is it any wonder that I feel uptight ?
- 2. China remains , for all the advances , very uptight about sex .
- 3. You automatically get uptight and nervous .
- 4. I always spend my cost of living in the clothes and then live in uptight .
- 5. You were just so uptight then . You 're much softer now .