uptight

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

colloquial

Japanese Meaning

(口語) 規則や秩序に過度にこだわり、常に真面目で堅苦しい / 感情が抑制され、不安かつ緊張した状態にある / (口語) 性的に抑制された / (口語) 不愛想で粗野、無愛想

My uptight manager insisted we follow the old procedures to the letter, even for minor tasks.

私の堅苦しい上司は、些細な仕事でも古い手順を文字通り守るよう主張した。

Sense（1）

(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.

Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.

Sense（2）

Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.

Sense（3）

(colloquial) Sexually repressed.

He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!

Sense（4）

(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.

uptighter

（ comparative ）

uptightest

（ superlative ）