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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
uptight
adjective: being in a tense state [syn: {edgy}, {high-strung}, {highly strung}, {in suspense(p)}, {jittery}, {jumpy}, {nervy}, {overstrung}, {restive}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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