Uptight vs Uneasy - What's the difference?
uptight | uneasy |
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order.
(colloquial) Sexually repressed.
(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
* 1987 , :
(rare) Not easy; difficult.
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=17 Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
As adjectives the difference between uptight and uneasy
is that uptight is (colloquial) excessively concerned with rules and order while uneasy is (rare) not easy; difficult or uneasy can be restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.As a noun uptight
is (colloquial) an uptight person.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 retentiveuneasy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) unesy, equivalent to ; see uneath.Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From (etyl) unesy, . More at .Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
- I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?