Uptight vs Haunted - What's the difference?
uptight | haunted |
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order.
(colloquial) Sexually repressed.
(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
* 1987 , :
Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).
Showing a feeling of being disturbed.
(haunt)
As adjectives the difference between uptight and haunted
is that uptight is (colloquial) excessively concerned with rules and order while haunted is of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.As a noun uptight
is (colloquial) an uptight person.As a verb haunted is
(haunt).uptight
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.
See also
* anal retentivehaunted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.
- a haunted expression
Verb
(head)- According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.