Визначення слова «uptight» мовою англійська

adjective

1. (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.

   • Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.

2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.

3. (colloquial) Sexually repressed.

   • He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!

4. (colloquial) Unfriendly or rude.

noun

1. (colloquial) An uptight person.