uptightness

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noun

The state or quality of being uptight

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Meanings

nounuptightness (countable and uncountable, plural uptightnesses)

plural uptightnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being uptight

    Davis is out to remove the slur of moral uptightness and narrow virtue from Malamuds reputation.

    2007 December 9, Lee Siegel, “The Fixer-Upper”, in New York Times

Origin

From uptight + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

uptightness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uptightness

MLA

“uptightness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uptightness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uptightness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uptightness.

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