uptight synonyms

Trying to find another word for uptight in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of uptight in 21 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for uptight alphabetically.

anxious

afraid
aghast
antsy
apprehensive
basket case
bugged
butterflies
careful

apprehensive

afraid
alarmed
biting nails
butterflies
concerned
disquieted
doubtful
feel in bones

cautious

alert
all ears
cagey
calculating
chary
circumspect
considerate
discreet

concerned

anxious
biting one's nails
bothered
butterflies in stomach
distressed
disturbed
exercised
in a stew

conventional

accepted
accustomed
button-down
commonplace
correct
current
customary
decorous

edgy

anxious
critical
excitable
excited
high-strung
ill at ease
impatient
irascible

nervy

cheeky
crass
crude
forward
fresh
impudent
inconsiderate
pert

old-fashioned

ancient
antiquated
antique
archaic
behind the times
bygone
corny
dated

on edge

agitated
anxious
apprehensive
beside oneself
bundle of nerves
edgy
excited
fidgety

on the defensive

anxious
apprehensive
cautious
concerned
conventional
edgy
nervy
old-fashioned

restive

agitated
balky
contrary
edgy
fidgety
fractious
fretful
froward

strict

austere
dead set
disciplinary
dour
draconian
exacting
firm
forbidding

tense

close
firm
rigid
stiff
strained
taut

troubled

afraid
aggravated
agitated
alarmed
anguished
annoyed
anxious
apprehensive

uneasy

afraid
agitated
alarmed
all nerves
anguished
anxious
apprehensive
bothered

withdrawn

aloof
aseptic
casual
cool
detached
disinterested
distant
incurious

worried

afraid
apprehensive
beside oneself
bothered
clutched
concerned
distracted
distraught

withdrawn

aloof
aseptic
casual
cool
detached
disinterested
distant
incurious

withdrawn

aloof
aseptic
casual
cool
detached
disinterested
distant
incurious

withdrawn

aloof
aseptic
casual
cool
detached
disinterested
distant
incurious

withdrawn

aloof
aseptic
casual
cool
detached
disinterested
distant
incurious

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