all uptight

Frequency: 5.58.1 per million words

Completely anxious or stressed, used informally.

uptightADVERB + uptight

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Examples (10)

  • He gets all uptight if anyone criticizes him!
  • Don't get all uptight about the mess; I'll clean it up.
  • She was all uptight before her job interview.
  • My boss gets all uptight whenever there's a deadline approaching.
  • There's no need to be all uptight just because we're running a few minutes late.
  • He sounded all uptight on the phone today.
  • Why are you getting all uptight over such a small mistake?
  • The teacher got all uptight when the students started talking.
  • I felt all uptight waiting for the test results.
  • Relax, there's no reason to get all uptight about it.