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uptightnesses

uptightnesses is the plural of uptightness.

Meaning of uptightness

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

Questions about uptightnesses

What is uptightnesses the plural of?
Uptightnesses is the plural of uptightness.

Words near uptightnesses in the dictionary

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

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