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What is the adjective for uptightness?

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uptight
  1. (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
  2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
  3. (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. anxious, nervous, tense, worried, uneasy, edgy, jumpy, jittery, troubled, nervy, upset, perturbed, apprehensive, antsy, unquiet, insecure, dithery, queazy, aflutter, bothered, queasy, hinky, atwitter, goosey, concerned, restive, neurotic, withdrawn, cautious, conventional, strict, on edge, ill at ease, keyed up, het up, hung up, worked up, on tenterhooks, in a state, on pins and needles, old-fashioned, on the defensive, agitated, restless, twitchy, fidgety, wired, disturbed, distressed, stressed … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “I know I shouldn't be getting so uptight about it, but I'd like the satisfaction of knowing that I got it right.”
uptighter
  1. comparative form of uptight: more uptight
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tenser, edgier, jumpier, jitterier, nervier, antsier, unquieter, queazier, queasier, hinkier, stricter, more anxious, more nervous, more worried, more uneasy, more troubled, more upset, more perturbed, more apprehensive, more insecure, more dithery, more aflutter, more bothered, more concerned, more restive, more withdrawn, more cautious, more conventional, more ill at ease, more keyed up, more het up, more worked up, more old-fashioned, more agitated, more restless, twitchier, fidgetier, more wired, more disturbed, more distressed, more stressed, fearfuller, more unsettled, more overwrought, more stressy, more strung out, more fretful, more overstrung, more discomposed, more frightened … more
uptightest
  1. superlative form of uptight: most uptight
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tensest, edgiest, jumpiest, jitteriest, nerviest, antsiest, unquietest, queaziest, queasiest, hinkiest, strictest, most anxious, most nervous, most worried, most uneasy, most troubled, most upset, most perturbed, most apprehensive, most insecure, most dithery, most aflutter, most bothered, most concerned, most restive, most withdrawn, most cautious, most conventional, most ill at ease, most keyed up, most het up, most worked up, most old-fashioned, most agitated, most restless, twitchiest, fidgetiest, most wired, most disturbed, most distressed, most stressed, fearfullest, most unsettled, most overwrought, most stressy, most strung out, most fretful, most overstrung, most discomposed, most frightened … more
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