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Neurotic vs Uptight - What's the difference?

neurotic | uptight |

As adjectives the difference between neurotic and uptight

is that neurotic is affected with a neurosis while uptight is excessively concerned with rules and order.

As nouns the difference between neurotic and uptight

is that neurotic is a person who has a neurosis while uptight is an uptight person.

neurotic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Affected with a neurosis.
  • (lb) Overly anxious.
  • *
  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men,!”
  • *
  • (lb) Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has a neurosis

    • Anagrams

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    uptight

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order.
    • Don't be so uptight ! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.
  • (colloquial) Sexually repressed.
    • He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now!
  • (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
  • * 1987 , :
    • 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.

    See also

    * anal retentive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) An uptight person.