Uptight
English Meaning
- Slang Tense; nervous.
- Slang Financially pressed; destitute.
- Slang Outraged; angry.
- Slang Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: "She sees this headlong, headstrong, plunge into worldliness as a protracted process of shucking the shame of her uptight upbringing” ( James Wolcott).