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Adjective
/ˌəpˈtīt/,
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Anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way,
  1. Anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way
    • - don't get so uptight about everything
  1. edgy: being in a tense state
  2. Up-Tight is a 1966 album by US singer Stevie Wonder. It was his sixth release.
  3. Disco 2000 was a British pop band, a side project of The KLF. Vocals were handled by Cressida Cauty (wife of KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty) and June Montana, also known as Mo (former vocalist of Jimmy Cauty's previous band Brilliant). ...
  4. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a 1966 hit single recorded by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label. One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight" was the first Stevie Wonder single to be co-written by the artist.
  5. The third season of American Disney Channel teen sitcom Hannah Montana aired from November 2, 2008 until March 14, 2010. Filming for the season started a day after the 2008 Teen Choice Awards. Season 3 of Hannah Montana focuses more on how the characters grow up than the previous seasons. ...
  6. Up Tight is a soundtrack album by southern soul band Booker T. & the MG's for the film of the same title. The album charted at number 98 on the Billboard 200 album chart and number 7 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.
  7. Excessively concerned with rules and order; Sexually repressed
  8. (uptightness) The state or quality of being uptight
  9. Stressed out, tense.  "Hey don't get so uptight, it's no big deal!"
  10. Adj. Frigid, conventional, stressed. [Orig. U.S.] {Informal}
  11. "I'm very uptight around guns in the hands of heads, Fred."
  12. stressed, or nervous “Your dad is so freakin' uptight, man!”