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Distressed vs Uptight - What's the difference?

distressed | uptight |

As adjectives the difference between distressed and uptight

is that distressed is anxious or uneasy while uptight is (colloquial) excessively concerned with rules and order.

As a verb distressed

is (distress).

As a noun uptight is

(colloquial) an uptight person.

distressed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • anxious or uneasy
    • I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.
  • (of merchandise etc) damaged
  • (of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
  • (of furniture etc) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (distress)

    • 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.