uptight adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: {edgy}, {high-strung}, {highly strung}, {jittery}, {jumpy}, {nervy}, {overstrung}, {restive}, {uptight}]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "uptight": accordant, anal, bourgeois, compulsive, concordant, conformist, conventional, corresponding, edgy, formalistic, harmonious, in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, kosher, nervy, orthodox, pedantic, plastic, precisianistic, restive, square, straight, strained, stretched tight, stuffy, taut, tense, traditionalist, under a strain, uneasy, unrelaxed