English Dictionary

uptight

IPA（発音記号）

/ʌpˈtaɪt/

形容詞

口語

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

日本語の意味

(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。

意味（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.

意味（2）

Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.

意味（3）

(colloquial) Sexually repressed.

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

意味（4）

(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.

Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything. / Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man.

uptighter （ comparative ）

uptightest （ superlative ）