uptight
Excessively concerned with rules and order, always seriousExcessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
» Why are you so uptight?
Почему ты так встревожен?
Почему ты так напряжён?
Почему ты такой напряжённый?
Почему ты так напряжена?
Почему ты такая напряжённая?
Почему Вы так напряжены?
Чому ти такий напружений?
Чому ти така напружена?
Meaning
4 senses(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
Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
being in a tense state
(colloquial)Sexually repressed.
He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
(colloquial)Unfriendly or rude.
Examples
16 sentencesWhy are you so uptight?
Чому ти такий напружений?
ruПочему ты так встревожен?
Tom is a little uptight.
Том трохи стурбований.
ruТом немного обеспокоен.
Some people are so uptight.
Деякі люди дуже напружені.
What are you so uptight about?
Would you stop being so uptight?
ruМожет, хватит париться?
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
uptighter/more uptight, uptightest/most uptight| Comparative | uptighter / more uptight Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | uptightest / most uptight Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- being in a tense state:edgyhigh-strunghighly strungjitteryjumpynervyoverstrungrestive
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form