Intense vs Uptight - What's the difference?
intense | uptight |
Strained; tightly drawn.
Strict, very close or earnest.
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Extreme in size or strength.
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Very severe.
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order.
(colloquial) Sexually repressed.
(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
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As adjectives the difference between intense and uptight
is that intense is strained; tightly drawn while uptight is (colloquial) excessively concerned with rules and order.As a noun uptight is
(colloquial) an uptight person.intense
English
Adjective
(en-adj)High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Don't be so uptight ! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.
- He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
- Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything.
- Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man.