Meaning

4 senses
  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.

    verklemmt

    чопорныйčopornyj, чинныйčinnyj, напряженныйnaprjažennyj

  2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.

    being in a tense state

  3. (colloquial)Sexually repressed.

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

  4. (colloquial)Unfriendly or rude.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Why are you so uptight?

    Чому ти такий напружений?

    ruПочему ты так встревожен?

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  2. Tom is a little uptight.

    Том трохи стурбований.

    ruТом немного обеспокоен.

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  3. Some people are so uptight.

    Деякі люди дуже напружені.

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  4. What are you so uptight about?

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  5. Would you stop being so uptight?

    ruМожет, хватит париться?

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious:

Forms

uptighter/more uptight, uptightest/most uptight
Comparativeuptighter / more uptight Lesson
Superlativeuptightest / most uptight Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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