What is another word for up tight?
688 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˌʌp tˈa͡ɪt], [ ˌʌp tˈaɪt], [ ˌʌ_p t_ˈaɪ_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for up tight:- Victorian (adjective)
- angry (adjective)
- anxious (adjective)
- apprehensive (adjective)
- concerned (adjective)
- conventional (adjective)
- defensive (adjective)
- disagreeable (adjective)
- distressed (adjective)
- distrustful (adjective)
- edgy (adjective)
- frightened (adjective)
- incensed (adjective)
- inhibited (adjective)
- insecure (adjective)
- intimate (adjective)
- irascible (adjective)
- jittery (adjective)
- mistrustful (adjective)
- nervous (adjective)
- neurotic (adjective)
- on edge (adjective)
- overwrought (adjective)
- petulant (adjective)
- prudish (adjective)
- querulous (adjective)
- restive (adjective)
- restrained (adjective)
- reticent (adjective)
- strained (adjective)
- strait-laced (adjective)
- strict (adjective)
- sullen (adjective)
- suspicious (adjective)
- tense (adjective)
- testy (adjective)
- touchy (adjective)
- twitchy (adjective)
- unbending (adjective)
- uptight (adjective)
- worried (adjective)
Synonyms for Up tight:
adj.
•Victorian (adjective) •angry (adjective)- heated,
- maddened,
- inflamed,
- ferocious,
- outraged,
- turbulent,
- irate,
- ireful,
- choleric,
- fiery,
- riled,
- incensed,
- Antagonized,
- huffy,
- chafed,
- vexed,
- galled,
- ill-tempered,
- displeased,
- infuriated,
- fierce,
- hateful,
- raging,
- nettled,
- annoyed,
- sulky,
- cross,
- exasperated,
- provoked,
- irritated,
- enraged,
- Storming,
- irascible,
- impassioned,
- splenetic,
- indignant,
- wrathful,
- affronted,
- hot,
- resentful,
- sore,
- uptight,
- Convulsed,
- Fuming,
- Piqued,
- bitter,
- exacerbated,
- furious,
- offended,
- sullen,
- irritable.
- jumpy,
- careful,
- nervous,
- aghast,
- strung out,
- choked,
- restless,
- disturbed,
- fearful,
- shaking,
- solicitous,
- overwrought,
- shook up,
- spooked,
- in a tizzy,
- watchful,
- in suspense,
- Butterflies,
- shivery,
- scared,
- Hacked,
- Dreading,
- sweating bullets,
- fretful,
- wreck,
- jittery,
- unquiet,
- Clutched,
- shot to pieces,
- fidgety,
- worried sick,
- distressed,
- shaky,
- afraid,
- basket case,
- disquieted,
- bugged,
- unglued,
- wired,
- hyper,
- in a state,
- taut,
- antsy.
- stiff,
- scaredy-cat,
- in a dither,
- jellyfish,
- have stage fright,
- have funny feeling,
- in a sweat,
- doubtful,
- alarmed,
- biting nails,
- frozen,
- weak,
- feel in bones,
- foreboding,
- have cold feet,
- get vibes,
- in a cold sweat,
- have a hunch,
- mistrustful,
- suspicious,
- hung up,
- uncertain,
- running scared,
- lily-livered.
- upset,
- tied up in knots,
- biting one's nails,
- perturbed,
- Exercised,
- in a stew,
- bothered,
- on pins and needles,
- butterflies in stomach.
- illiberal,
- prosaic,
- bigoted,
- rigid,
- narrow,
- parochial,
- obstinate,
- narrow-minded,
- in rut,
- dogmatic,
- moderate,
- rube,
- isolationist,
- puritanical,
- inflexible,
- literal,
- conforming,
- routine,
- drippy,
- humdrum,
- not heretical,
- solemn,
- straight,
- stereotyped,
- commonplace,
- bourgeois,
- hackneyed,
- conservative,
- sober,
- stuffy,
- straight-laced,
- square,
- run-of-the-mill,
- insular,
- lame,
- hidebound,
- demure,
- moral,
- pedestrian,
- doctrinal.
- forestalling,
- protecting,
- thwarting,
- warding off,
- safeguarding,
- in opposition,
- resistive,
- foiling,
- preservative,
- preventive,
- balking,
- coping with,
- Interrupting,
- Checking,
- arresting,
- guarding,
- defending,
- opposing,
- frustrating,
- averting,
- Withstanding.
- grouchy,
- cantankerous,
- obnoxious,
- bellicose,
- ugly,
- ungracious,
- ill-natured,
- waspish,
- disputatious,
- surly,
- whiny,
- pettish,
- unpleasant,
- snappy,
- brusque,
- rude,
- out of sorts,
- unlikable,
- Eristic,
- contrary,
- churlish,
- disobliging,
- unfriendly,
- offensive,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- contentious,
- querulous,
- nasty,
- difficult.
- all torn up,
- shook,
- distrait,
- wrecked,
- afflicted,
- inconsolable,
- ripped,
- unconsolable,
- Dragged,
- Saddened,
- wretched,
- tormented,
- peeved,
- up the wall,
- shot down,
- bummed out,
- cut up,
- discombobulated,
- agitated,
- bundle of nerves,
- miffed,
- harassed,
- distracted,
- distraught,
- disconsolate.
- high-strung,
- skittish,
- impatient,
- overstrung,
- excited,
- critical,
- excitable,
- ill at ease,
- touchy,
- keyed up.
- panicky,
- chicken,
- unnerved,
- sissy,
- numb,
- scared stiff,
- Affrighted,
- pushing the panic button,
- in a panic,
- having kittens,
- terrorized,
- startled,
- yellow,
- Chicken-hearted,
- rabbity,
- mousy,
- petrified,
- terror-stricken,
- abashed,
- terrified,
- dismayed,
- cowed.
- rousted,
- hot and bothered,
- up in arms,
- steamed up,
- on the warpath,
- at end of one's rope,
- rubbed the wrong way,
- mad,
- dogged,
- burned up,
- buffaloed.
- bottled up,
- subdued,
- cold,
- reserved,
- self-conscious,
- reticent,
- undemonstrative,
- passionless,
- unresponsive,
- frustrated,
- repressed,
- constrained,
- guarded.
- touch and go,
- Unpoised,
- delphic,
- unsure,
- vague,
- up in the air,
- on thin ice,
- unassured,
- hanging by thread,
- hesitant,
- unconfident,
- diffident,
- questioning.
- inmost,
- essential,
- ingrained,
- internal,
- interior,
- privy,
- detailed,
- inbred,
- viscerous,
- innate,
- special,
- elemental,
- inherent,
- confidential,
- firsthand,
- inborn,
- profound,
- indwelling,
- thorough,
- deep,
- trusted,
- secret,
- visceral,
- penetrating,
- intrinsic,
- gut,
- in-depth,
- deep-seated,
- innermost,
- exhaustive,
- immediate,
- experienced.
- cranky,
- crabbed,
- feisty,
- short-tempered,
- passionate,
- bristly,
- quick-tempered,
- angry,
- ogre,
- snappish,
- bearish,
- fractious,
- thin-skinned,
- hasty,
- testy,
- hot-tempered.
- neurotic,
- timid,
- shrinking,
- timorous,
- unstrung,
- volatile,
- hysterical,
- flustered,
- fitful,
- ruffled,
- shy,
- unrestful,
- sensitive,
- twitchy,
- fussy.
- disordered,
- manic,
- hysteric,
- obsessive,
- psychoneurotic,
- unhealthy,
- deviant,
- abnormal,
- aberrant,
- disoriented,
- inhibited,
- nervous wreck,
- erratic,
- unstable,
- compulsive.
- spent,
- crazy,
- Overworked,
- strung-out,
- overexcited,
- hot under collar,
- fired-up,
- wound-up,
- worked-up,
- keyed-up,
- hot-and-bothered,
- tired,
- all shook up,
- freaked-out,
- flipped out,
- high,
- stirred,
- worn,
- affected,
- weary,
- frantic,
- emotional.
- Pouting,
- sour,
- bad-tempered,
- ill-humored,
- perverse,
- mean,
- whining,
- crybaby,
- Fault-finding,
- caviling,
- grumbling,
- captious,
- complaining.
- overmodest,
- austere,
- squeamish,
- genteel,
- rigorous,
- overnice,
- severe,
- victorian,
- offish,
- pretentious,
- overexact,
- stilted,
- precise,
- prissy,
- Simpering,
- starchy,
- fastidious,
- stern,
- finicky,
- scrupulous,
- straitlaced,
- prim,
- mincing,
- artificial,
- priggish,
- proper.
- lamenting,
- Whimpering,
- thin-skinned touchy,
- wailing,
- grousing,
- scrappy,
- out of sorts peevish,
- crying,
- discontented,
- carping,
- Deploring,
- waspy,
- dissatisfied,
- huffy irascible,
- plaintive,
- Grumbly,
- Bemoaning,
- censorious.
- muted,
- soft,
- laid-back,
- plain,
- unexpansive,
- mild,
- calm and collected,
- unobtrusive,
- self-controlled,
- unexcessive,
- unextreme,
- tasteful,
- under wraps,
- discreet,
- reasonable,
- in check,
- in charge,
- cool,
- chilled,
- corked up,
- controlled,
- retiring,
- under control,
- on a leash,
- steady,
- temperate,
- Inobtrusive,
- Unaffable.
- silent,
- bashful,
- taciturn,
- close,
- unforthcoming,
- dried up,
- dummied up,
- clammed up,
- tight-lipped,
- uncommunicative,
- restrained,
- mum,
- close-mouthed,
- unspeaking.
- embarrassed,
- awkward,
- hard put,
- at end of rope,
- put,
- labored,
- unnatural,
- false,
- uncomfortable,
- tight,
- farfetched,
- unrelaxed.
- grim,
- oppressive,
- picky,
- exacting,
- unsparing,
- unpermissive,
- strait-laced,
- disciplinary,
- dead set,
- prudish,
- draconian,
- harsh,
- punctilious,
- dour,
- tough,
- set,
- Iron-fisted,
- stringent,
- forbidding,
- hard,
- no-nonsense,
- hard-boiled,
- Stickling,
- firm.
- gruff,
- somber,
- dismal,
- gloomy,
- saturnine,
- cheerless,
- morose,
- pouty,
- sulking,
- hostile,
- sourpussed,
- tenebrific,
- malevolent,
- tenebrous,
- pessimistic,
- unsociable,
- malign,
- frowning,
- glum,
- grumpy,
- dull,
- crabby,
- moody,
- malicious,
- inert,
- glowering,
- heavy.
- suspect,
- incredulous,
- in doubt,
- Suspecting,
- without belief,
- not born yesterday on the lookout,
- without faith,
- quizzical,
- green-eyed,
- wondering,
- unbelieving.
- oversensitive,
- delicate,
- precarious,
- dicey,
- tricky,
- unsafe,
- Perturbable,
- unpredictable,
- temperamental,
- risky,
- hypersensitive,
- hazardous,
- ticklish,
- wired up.
- obdurate,
- single-minded,
- inexorable,
- relentless,
- hard as nails,
- intractable,
- standing one's ground,
- dug in,
- hard-line,
- hold one's ground,
- standing pat,
- unrelenting,
- Unswayable,
- formal,
- resolute,
- inelastic,
- hold the line,
- distant,
- aloof,
- sticking to one's guns,
- crisp,
- set in stone,
- Unflexible,
- locked in,
- uncompromising,
- Incompliant,
- do or die,
- hold the fort.
Antonyms for Up tight:
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adj.
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anxious
tranqil, unconcerned, assured, indifferent, unafraid, quiet, unwilling, courageous, Unfearful, brave, inattentive, bold, confident.
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apprehensive
at ease, unquestionable, clear, certain, undoubting, unsuspicious, definite, sure.
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concerned
uninvolved, untroubled, unperturbed, undisturbed, disinterested, uncaring.
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conventional
uncustomary, unconventional, abnormal, original, uncommon, strange, unique, irregular, unusual, exotic, new, different, foreign.
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defensive
unwary, unprotective, unwatchful, undefensive.
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disagreeable
pleasing, inoffensive, kind, delightful, pleasant, agreeable, friendly.
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distrustful
heedless, careless, trusting, trustful, trusty, trustworthy, unsuspecting, faithful, believing, rash, incautious.
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inhibited
sociable, immodest, outgoing, extroverted, self-confident, aggressive, forward.
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intimate
formal, aboveboard, known, stupid, public, open, unfriendly, ignorant, superficial, revealed, incompatible, unimportant.
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jittery
relaxed.
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nervous
firm, fearless, sufficient, unnervous.
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petulant
patient, willing, good-natured.
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restive
obedient.
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restrained
communicative.
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reticent
unreserved, talkative, unrestrained, unshy.
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strict
facile, amenable, inaccurate, yielding, lenient, indefinite, tractable, flexible, tolerant, soft, gentle, uncertain.
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suspicious
believable, undoubted, innocent, convinced, uncareful, Indubious, palpable, thoughtless.
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touchy
insensitive, easygoing, strong, unflappable.
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anxious