Uptight vs Eas - What's the difference?

As an adjective uptight

is (colloquial) excessively concerned with rules and order.

is (colloquial) an uptight person.

emergency alert system in usa, receives alerts from nws and other civil defense agencies.

(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.

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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.

(en noun)

(colloquial) An uptight person.

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