Adjective: uptight
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | uptighter |
| Superlative | uptightest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more uptight |
| Superlative | most uptight |
Sample Sentences
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Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.
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He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
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Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything. / Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man. [1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I:]
Adjectives inflected like uptight
wholsom,
seldom,
scared,
solemn,
silent,
beloved,
uptight,
perfect,
useless,
up-tight,
selfish,
distinct,
discreet,
Dutch,
reckless,
bumfuck,
worthless,
slender,
faithfull,
shallow, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology