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uptight
Adjective
  • ∙ Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. colloquial
  • ∙ Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
  • ∙ Sexually repressed. colloquial
  • ∙ Unfriendly and rude. colloquial
Noun
  • ∙ An uptight person. colloquial