(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. / Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense. / (colloquial) Sexually repressed. / (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.

(colloquial) An uptight person.

The state or quality of being uptight

plural of uptight

plural of uptightness

comparative form of uptight: more uptight

In an uptight manner.

superlative form of uptight: most uptight