Uptight - definition of uptight by The Free Dictionary Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: "[She] struck some as uptight or even prissy, a person so private she could be hard to read" (Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson)
Uptight (film) - Wikipedia Uptight (also known as UpTight! or Up Tight!) is a 1968 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin It was intended as an updated version of John Ford 's 1935 film The Informer, based on the book of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty, but the setting was transposed from Dublin to Cleveland
Uptight (1968) - IMDb Uptight: Directed by Jules Dassin With Raymond St Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own Based on the 1935 classic "The Informer "
uptight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective uptight (comparative uptighter or more uptight, superlative uptightest or most uptight) (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious