uptight

Adj.

1.

uptight - being in a tense state Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive

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