Did you perchance mean upright?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Slang Tense; nervous.
- adj. Slang Financially pressed; destitute.
- adj. Slang Outraged; angry.
- adj. Slang Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: "She sees this headlong, headstrong, plunge into worldliness as a protracted process of shucking the shame of her uptight upbringing” ( James Wolcott).
Wiktionary
- adj. colloquial Excessively concerned with rules and order.
- adj. colloquial Sexually repressed.
- adj. colloquial Unfriendly and rude.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being in a tense state
Examples
“SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of people stripped to their underwear and ran through Salt Lake City to protest what they called the "uptight" laws of Utah.”
“He's pleased that it's his customers who have voted for him and his team, rather than some shabby crew of critics; he's delighted that it justifies four years of very hard work; thrilled for what it says about his conviction that top flight, big-fisted food doesn't have to be served in uptight, prissy, overly formal surroundings.”
The Guardian: Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh
“Where I get a little uptight is when I think about the current job hunt … and I’m told I don’t have enough experience.”
“Get Susan May Pratt aka the uptight dancer from Centre Stage! back to the tanning salon stat.”
“And the straight-and-narrow (aka uptight) sibling gets so upset at the unfairness (in their mind) of sibling #2 not getting "punished" for forging their own path, that they feel compelled to point out the "wrongs" every time they're in the same room.”
“If you're a fan of the TV hit series "Six Feet Under," you certainly do, Michael C. Hall, best known as the uptight undertaker David Fisher.”
“Nakamura even gives them a bit of an Odd Couple twist: Buddha is frugal and kind of uptight; Jesus goes with the flow.”
“The first time I experienced being "uptight" was in tenth grade, when my older sister (a college sophomore) took me and my three girlfriends to see "Grease" at the Wang Center in Boston (wang! foreshadowing!)”
The Huffington Post: Giulia Rozzi: Nicola Briggs Is My Kinda Gal
“How is not wanting to be sexually assaulted make American women "uptight"?”
The Huffington Post: Giulia Rozzi: Nicola Briggs Is My Kinda Gal
“The same people, ironically, that accused their own parents of being "uptight" back in the '60's.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘uptight’.
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An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
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