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uptighter

uptighter is the comparative form of uptight.

Meaning of uptight

Adjective

uptight (comparative uptighter or more uptight, superlative uptightest or most uptight)

  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.
  2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
  3. (colloquial) Sexually repressed.
    • He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
  4. (colloquial) Unfriendly or rude.
    • 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

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Questions about uptighter

What is uptighter the comparative form of?
Uptighter is the comparative form of uptight.

Words near uptighter in the dictionary

  1. upticks
  2. uptie
  3. uptied
  4. upties
  5. uptight
  6. uptighter
  7. uptightest
  8. uptightly
  9. uptightness
  10. uptightnesses
  11. uptights

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