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adj. Slang Tense; nervous.

adj. Slang Financially pressed; destitute.

adj. Slang Outraged; angry.

adj. Slang Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: "She sees this headlong, headstrong, plunge into worldliness as a protracted process of shucking the shame of her uptight upbringing” ( James Wolcott).

adj. Excessively concerned with rules and order.

adj. Sexually repressed.

adj. Unfriendly and rude.

adj. being in a tense state

"He's pleased that it's his customers who have voted for him and his team, rather than some shabby crew of critics; he's delighted that it justifies four years of very hard work; thrilled for what it says about his conviction that top flight, big-fisted food doesn't have to be served in uptight, prissy, overly formal surroundings."

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uprighted    uprighting    uprights   

vertical    upright man    upright steam-engine    virtual upright    bolt upright    upright piano    double acrostic    triple acrostic   

upright piano   

frame    upright shave   

perpendicular    honest    just    endlong    endwise    standard    vertical    post    stile   

Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright   

vertical    manly    wooden    virtuous    oaken    conscientious    stout    high-minded    erect    cylindrical