Crossword-Solution: UPTIGHT
We have 27 clues for the answer “UPTIGHT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Unduly tense | 1 answer |
| Showing repressed anxiety or anger | 1 answer |
| Rigidly conventional | 1 answer |
| Overly conventional, in slang | 1 answer |
| Out of bed, the worse for wear, and tetchy | 1 answer |
| Out of bed, drunk is nervy | 1 answer |
| Early Stevie Wonder hit subtitled "Everything's Alright" | 1 answer |
| "That 2009 Pixar film? Incredibly well made!" | 1 answer |
| Hardly laid-back | 2 answers |
| Not at all relaxed | 2 answers |
| In need of a chill pill | 2 answers |
| Far from relaxed | 4 answers |
| Unable to relax | 4 answers |
| Not loose | 9 answers |
| High-strung | 11 answers |
| BE ANTSY | 11 answers |
| BEING IN A TENSE STATE | 12 answers |
| On edge? | 20 answers |
| strained | 24 answers |
| Antsy | 24 answers |
| Nervy | 28 answers |
| Unbalanced | 54 answers |
| Tense | 55 answers |
| Anxious | 56 answers |
| Nervous | 67 answers |
| Edgy | 70 answers |
| Jittery | 78 answers |
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Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NEE
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
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Sentences with UPTIGHT (2)
Woloda and the eldest Iwin took his head and placed it on the dictionaries, while Seriosha, and I seized his poor, thin legs (his struggles had stripped them upwards to the knees), and with boisterous, laughter held them uptight--the youngest Iwin superintending his general equilibrium.
The master to whom he was assigned was as good a man as the father could find: uptight, Godfearing, and especially considerate of his servants.
Quotes with UPTIGHT (3)
I wondered who in this room I would go to if I had problems. Anyone my own age looked silly, immature, unfocused. The older ones seemed too perfect and uptight. I couldn't find anyone I'd confide in. The only person I trusted here in this group, apart from God, was myself.
Hey you, dragging the halo-how about a holiday in the islands of grief? Tongue is the word I wish to have with you. Your eyes are so blue they leak. Your legs are longer than a prisoner'slast night on death row. I'm filthier than the coal miner's bathtuband nastier than the breath of Charles Bukowski. You're a dirty little windshield. I'm standing behind you on the subway, hard as calculus. My breathbe sticking to your neck like graffiti. I'm sitting opposite you in the bar, …
You ought to live your life with such freedom and joy that uptight Christians will doubt your salvation.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 26 times in crossword archives (1972–2024).