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uptightness

uptightness noun: the state or quality of being uptight.

Noun

uptightness (countable and uncountable, plural uptightnesses)

  1. The state or quality of being uptight
    • Davis is out to remove the slur of moral uptightness and narrow virtue from Malamuds reputation.2007 December 9, Lee Siegel, “The Fixer-Upper”, in New York Times

Forms of uptightness

pluraluptightnesses

Origin of uptightness

From uptight + -ness.

Questions about uptightness

What does uptightness mean?
Uptightness means the state or quality of being uptight.
What part of speech is uptightness?
Uptightness is a noun.
What is the plural of uptightness?
The plural of uptightness is uptightnesses.

Words near uptightness in the dictionary

  1. upties
  2. uptight
  3. uptighter
  4. uptightest
  5. uptightly
  6. uptightness
  7. uptightnesses
  8. uptights
  9. uptil
  10. uptill
  11. uptilt

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