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Synonyms for up tight
adj nervous

anxious
uneasy
cautious
apprehensive
edgy

concerned
conventional
nervy
old-fashioned
on edge

restive
strict
tense
troubled
withdrawn

worried
on the defensive

Antonyms for up tight

composed
laid-back
collected

calm
unworried
easy-going

cool

Synonyms
adj being mad, often extremely mad

enraged
resentful
offended
irritable
impassioned
irate
uptight
sullen
heated
furious
irritated
bitter
annoyed

indignant
choleric
cross
displeased
ferocious
fierce
fiery
hateful
hot
huffy
ill-tempered
incensed
inflamed

infuriated
irascible
provoked
raging
sore
sulky
tumultous/tumultuous
turbulent
wrathful
ireful
exasperated
outraged
affronted

antagonized
chafed
convulsed
exacerbated
fuming
galled
maddened
nettled
piqued
riled
splenetic
storming
vexed

Antonyms

cheerful
pleased
peaceful
collected

content
joyful
joyous
happy

nice
calm
cool
mild

Synonyms
adj worried, tense

afraid
restless
fidgety
fearful
nervous
concerned
apprehensive
distressed
uneasy
uptight
jittery
careful
scared

aghast
antsy
disturbed
fretful
jumpy
nervy
overwrought
shaking
shaky
solicitous
taut
troubled
watchful

wired
wreck
shivery
unquiet
basket case
bugged
butterflies
choked
clutched
disquieted
dreading
hacked
hyper

in a state
in a tizzy
in suspense
shook up
shot to pieces
spooked
strung out
sweating bullets
unglued
worried sick

Antonyms

brave
composed
confident
courageous
unafraid
inattentive
unconcerned

collected
content
indifferent
peaceful
unwilling
bold
cool

happy
quiet
unfearful
calm
unworried
assured
tranqil

Synonyms
adj anxious, fearful

jumpy
afraid
uncertain
concerned
suspicious
doubtful
uneasy
uptight
jittery

alarmed
foreboding
frozen
hung up
lily-livered
shaky
stiff
troubled
weak

worried
mistrustful
biting nails
butterflies
disquieted
feel in bones
get vibes
have a hunch
have cold feet

have funny feeling
have stage fright
in a cold sweat
in a dither
in a sweat
jellyfish
running scared
scaredy-cat
worried sick

Antonyms

collected
composed
laid-back
confident
unquestionable
unafraid
calm

easy-going
cool
happy
certain
clear
definite
sure

at ease
quiet
undoubting
unfearful
unsuspicious
unworried

Synonyms
adj worried

distressed
anxious
uneasy
uptight

disturbed
troubled
perturbed
bothered

upset
exercised
butterflies in stomach
in a stew

on pins and needles
tied up in knots
worried sick
biting one’s nails

Antonyms

collected
peaceful
composed
unperturbed
untroubled

disinterested
inattentive
uncaring
unconcerned
uninvolved

calm
happy
cool
undisturbed
unworried

Synonyms
adj unoriginal

rigid
bigoted
bourgeois
commonplace
conforming
conservative
demure
dogmatic
hackneyed
humdrum
illiberal

inflexible
insular
lame
literal
moderate
moral
narrow
narrow-minded
obstinate
parochial
pedestrian

prosaic
puritanical
routine
rube
run-of-the-mill
sober
solemn
square
stereotyped
straight
strict

stuffy
uptight
drippy
hidebound
doctrinal
in rut
isolationist
not heretical
straight-laced

Antonyms

abnormal
exotic
unconventional
unusual
foreign

irregular
strange
uncommon
uncustomary
different

new
original
unique

Synonyms
adj protective, watchful

opposing
conservative
preservative
uptight
arresting
resistive

thwarting
foiling
averting
forestalling
preventive
balking

checking
coping with
defending
frustrating
guarding
in opposition

interrupting
protecting
safeguarding
warding off
withstanding

Antonyms

unwary
unwatchful

undefensive
unprotective

Synonyms
adj bad-tempered, irritable

unpleasant
obnoxious
rude
bellicose
brusque
cantankerous
churlish
contentious

contrary
cross
difficult
disobliging
disputatious
grouchy
ill-natured
nasty

offensive
out of sorts
peevish
petulant
querulous
snappy
surly
ugly

unfriendly
ungracious
uptight
waspish
eristic
pettish
unlikable
whiny

Antonyms

delightful
pleasant
kind

friendly
inoffensive
pleasing

agreeable
nice
happy

Synonyms
adj upset

perturbed
shaky
miffed
anxious
agitated
jittery
distraught
troubled
afflicted
peeved
concerned
distracted

worried
discombobulated
wired
wrecked
bothered
antsy
cut up
disconsolate
fidgety
inconsolable
jumpy
uptight

wretched
distrait
ripped
exercised
harassed
bugged
tormented
spooked
dragged
saddened
shook
basket case

all torn up
bummed out
bundle of nerves
hyper
in a stew
in a tizzy
shook up
shot down
strung out
unconsolable
unglued
up the wall

Antonyms

pleased
peaceful
untroubled
collected

glad
joyful
calm
cool

happy
unworried
comforted

Synonyms
adj disbelieving

skeptical
cautious
wary
fearful
suspicious

mistrustful
dubious
doubtful
uneasy
jealous

leery
cagey
chary
cynical
doubting

uptight
been hit before

Antonyms

believing
heedless
incautious
rash
trustworthy
trusty

unquestionable
confident
trusting
unsuspecting
careless
certain

definite
sure
clear
assured
faithful
trustful

Synonyms
adj nervous

restless
skittish
uneasy
uptight
tense

excited
anxious
critical
excitable
high-strung

ill at ease
impatient
irascible
irritable
restive

touchy
keyed up
overstrung

Antonyms

collected
laid-back

composed
calm

easy-going

Synonyms
adj very scared

afraid
fearful
anxious
startled
panicky
petrified
abashed
frozen
yellow
numb
terrified

alarmed
aghast
chicken
hung up
jittery
jumpy
lily-livered
mousy
shaky
sissy
uptight

shivery
unnerved
spooked
terrorized
affrighted
butterflies
dismayed
cowed
chicken-hearted
have cold feet
having kittens

in a cold sweat
in a panic
in a sweat
jellyfish
pushing the panic button
rabbity
running scared
scared stiff
terror-stricken

Antonyms

brave
courageous
unafraid

bold
cool
happy

calm
comforted

Synonyms
adj very angry

enraged
dogged
infuriated
miffed
irate
indignant
peeved
furious

hot and bothered
huffy
ireful
mad
up in arms
uptight
wrathful
exasperated

maddened
riled
fuming
buffaloed
bugged
hacked
bummed out
burned up

on the warpath
rousted
rubbed the wrong way
steamed up
at end of one’s rope

Antonyms

pleased
cheerful

joyous
happy

Synonyms
adj shy

subdued
reserved
guarded
constrained

frustrated
withdrawn
cold
hung up

reticent
self-conscious
unresponsive
uptight

passionless
undemonstrative
repressed
bottled up

Antonyms

extroverted
friendly
sociable

immodest
self-confident
outgoing

aggressive
bold
forward

Synonyms
adj uncertain, worried

afraid
unsure
hesitant
touchy
shaky
apprehensive

anxious
uptight
troubled
diffident
jumpy
questioning

up in the air
vague
Delphic
choked
hanging by thread
on thin ice

touch and go
unassured
unconfident
unpoised

Antonyms

composed
unafraid
unwavering
peaceful
collected
confident
guarded

protected
cool
happy
certain
definite
sure
calm

at ease
quiet
unworried
secure
safe
sound

Synonyms
adj private, personal

detailed
penetrating
confidential
profound
firsthand
in-depth
visceral
guarded
ingrained

indwelling
privy
deep
secret
experienced
special
gut
interior
essential

trusted
deep-seated
elemental
exhaustive
immediate
inborn
inbred
inherent
inmost

innate
innermost
internal
intrinsic
thorough
uptight
viscerous

Antonyms

stupid
superficial
known
ignorant
aboveboard

unimportant
incompatible
unfriendly
public
revealed

open
cool
formal

Synonyms
adj crabby

grouchy
cantankerous
testy
cranky
feisty
uptight
surly
passionate

angry
bristly
choleric
cross
fractious
hasty
hot-tempered
huffy

irritable
ogre
peevish
petulant
querulous
quick-tempered
short-tempered
snappish

thin-skinned
touchy
crabbed
ireful
bearish

Antonyms

pleasant
cheerful

happy
cool

Synonyms
adj nervous

jumpy
excitable
restless
fidgety
shaky

apprehensive
edgy
anxious
uneasy
uptight

tense
skittish
panicky
antsy
high-strung

on edge
quivering
spooked
on pins and needles
trembling

Antonyms

collected
composed
laid-back

calm
easy-going
quiet

relaxed
unworried
cool

Synonyms
adj anxious, fearful

shaky
apprehensive
irritable
afraid
concerned
volatile
agitated
hysterical
jumpy
weak
uneasy
uptight
tense

timid
hesitant
skittish
shy
edgy
jittery
annoyed
fussy
bothered
distressed
disturbed
excitable
fidgety

fitful
high-strung
nervy
neurotic
on edge
overwrought
querulous
restive
sensitive
shrinking
snappish
solicitous
taut

timorous
troubled
unstrung
upset
wired
worried
twitchy
spooked
basket case
flustered
ruffled
unrestful

Antonyms

unwavering
unafraid
brave
composed
confident
fearless
uncaring

collected
laid-back
sufficient
extroverted
firm
certain
sure

calm
unworried
happy
bold
cool
easy-going
unnervous

Synonyms
adj mentally maladjusted

manic
distraught
compulsive
disturbed
upset
deviant
aberrant

abnormal
anxious
disordered
disoriented
erratic
hung up
inhibited

nervous
overwrought
unhealthy
unstable
uptight
wired
obsessive

hysteric
psychoneurotic
basket case
bundle of nerves
choked
clutched
nervous wreck

Antonyms

sane
stable

normal
adjusted

balanced

Synonyms
adj tense

agitated
anxious
apprehensive
beside oneself
edgy
excited
fidgety

high-strung
impatient
jittery
jumpy
nerve-racking
nervous
restless

uptight
wired
worried
bundle of nerves
hyper
in a tizzy
keyed up

nervous wreck
overanxious
stressful
unnerved
wound up

Synonyms
adj exhausted and excited

frantic
affected
agitated
beside oneself
crazy
distracted
emotional
excitable
high
nervous

neurotic
on edge
overexcited
overworked
spent
tense
tired
uneasy
unstrung
uptight

weary
wired
worn
all shook up
fired-up
flipped out
freaked-out
hot under collar
hot-and-bothered
hyper

in a state
keyed-up
overstrung
steamed up
stirred
strung-out
worked-up
wound-up

Antonyms

collected
rested

calm
cool

unruffled

Synonyms
adj crabby, moody

impatient
sullen
perverse
testy
cranky
fractious
irritable
bad-tempered
captious

complaining
cross
crybaby
displeased
fault-finding
fretful
grouchy
grumbling
huffy

mean
peevish
querulous
snappish
sour
sulky
touchy
ungracious
uptight

waspish
whiny
caviling
ill-humored
pouting
whining

Antonyms

patient
willing
cheerful

good-natured
pleasant
happy

agreeable
nice

Synonyms
adj shy and strict in behavior

puritanical
prissy
fastidious
squeamish
uptight
narrow-minded
Victorian
affected
artificial
austere

bigoted
conventional
demure
finicky
genteel
illiberal
mincing
narrow
precise
pretentious

priggish
prim
proper
rigid
rigorous
scrupulous
severe
square
starchy
stern

stiff
stilted
straitlaced
stuffy
offish
overexact
overmodest
overnice
simpering

Antonyms

brave
extroverted

bold
outgoing

Synonyms
adj grouchy, hard to please

cantankerous
captious
carping
censorious
complaining
critical
cross
crying
discontented
dissatisfied

edgy
fault-finding
fretful
grumbling
irritable
lamenting
petulant
plaintive
snappy
sour

testy
uptight
waspish
scrappy
wailing
bearish
bemoaning
deploring
grousing
grumbly

huffy irascible
out of sorts peevish
thin-skinned touchy
waspy
whimpering
whining
whiny

Antonyms

cheerful

easy-going

happy

Synonyms
adj impatient, nervous

restless
uneasy
tense
unruly
recalcitrant
agitated
jittery

fractious
balky
contrary
edgy
fidgety
fretful
froward

ill at ease
jumpy
nervy
obstinate
on edge
ornery
perverse

refractory
stubborn
unyielding
uptight

Antonyms

laid-back
obedient
collected

patient
easy-going
calm

relaxed

Synonyms
adj calm, quiet

reticent
subdued
tasteful
unobtrusive
mild
discreet
reasonable
laid-back
controlled
retiring

plain
steady
moderate
shrinking
withdrawn
cool
conservative
soft
temperate
under wraps

uptight
inobtrusive
self-controlled
undemonstrative
muted
chilled
bottled up
calm and collected
corked up
in charge

in check
on a leash
unaffable
under control
unexcessive
unexpansive
unextreme

Antonyms

communicative
extroverted
friendly

confident
outgoing
assured

bold

Synonyms
adj secretive, quiet

reserved
silent
hesitant
taciturn
shy

bashful
mum
restrained
close
tight-lipped

uncommunicative
uptight
close-mouthed
clammed up
dried up

dummied up
unforthcoming
unspeaking

Antonyms

extroverted
unreserved
communicative

talkative
confident
outgoing

forward
unrestrained
unshy

Synonyms
adj forced, pretended

uneasy
stiff
tight
labored
tense
constrained
embarrassed

put
wired
wreck
artificial
awkward
difficult
farfetched

self-conscious
taut
uncomfortable
unnatural
uptight
choked
false

at end of rope
hard put
in a state
nervous wreck
strung out
unglued
unrelaxed

Antonyms

laid-back
unforced
comfortable
easy-going

easy
calm
loose
slack

relaxed
genuine

Synonyms
adj prudish

uptight
Victorian
priggish
prim

prissy
proper
puritanical
rigid

square
starchy
stiff
strict

stuffy
old-maidish

Synonyms
adj authoritarian

stringent
tough
harsh
scrupulous
exacting
severe
rigid
stern
rigorous

draconian
austere
disciplinary
dour
firm
forbidding
grim
hard
hard-boiled

no-nonsense
oppressive
picky
prudish
punctilious
puritanical
set
square
straight

strait-laced
stuffy
unsparing
uptight
dead set
iron-fisted
stickling
unpermissive

Antonyms

tolerant
kind
facile
lenient
tractable
inaccurate

indefinite
uncertain
flexible
gentle
nice
easy

mild
soft
easy-going
amenable
yielding

Synonyms
adj brooding, upset

dour
morose
hostile
churlish
petulant
somber
gloomy
ugly
glum
surly
grumpy
bad-tempered
cheerless

crabby
cross
cynical
dismal
dull
fretful
frowning
gruff
heavy
inert
irritable
malevolent
malicious

malign
mean
moody
obstinate
ornery
out of sorts
peevish
perverse
pessimistic
querulous
saturnine
silent
sour

stubborn
sulky
tenebrous
unsociable
uptight
crabbed
tenebrific
glowering
ill-humored
pouting
pouty
sourpussed
sulking

Antonyms

cheerful
friendly
kind
pleasant

joyful
bright
happy
agreeable

gentle
nice
grinning

Synonyms
adj distrustful

skeptical
watchful
cautious
wary
apprehensive
mistrustful

doubtful
incredulous
jealous
careful
leery
cagey

green-eyed
questioning
quizzical
suspect
unbelieving
uptight

wondering
in doubt
not born yesterday on the lookout
suspecting
without belief
without faith

Antonyms

believing
inattentive
heedless
incautious
rash
confident
convinced
trusting

trustworthy
trusty
believable
undoubted
unquestionable
undoubting
careless
thoughtless

uncareful
certain
sure
innocent
palpable
indubious

Synonyms
adj under stress, pressure

nervous
shaky
strained
edgy
anxious
uneasy
apprehensive
agitated
jittery
restive
excited
wired

shot
wreck
concerned
moved
worried
moving
worrying
beside oneself
fidgety
high-strung
hung up
jumpy

nerve-racking
on edge
overwrought
queasy
restless
uptight
unquiet
stressful
unnerved
clutched
choked
bundle of nerves

fluttery
hyper
in a tizzy
keyed up
nervous wreck
overanxious
shot to pieces
strung out
up the wall
white knuckled
wound up

Antonyms

unafraid
composed
laid-back
untroubled
limp

limpid
uncaring
calm
unworried
easy-going

happy
loose
relaxed
slack

Synonyms
adj irritable, touchy

sullen
cantankerous
cranky
edgy
impatient
uptight
quarrelsome
grumpy

annoyed
bad-tempered
captious
choleric
cross
crotchety
fretful
grouchy

irascible
mean
ornery
out of sorts
peevish
peppery
petulant
quick-tempered

short-tempered
snappy
thin-skinned
waspish
crabbed
exasperated
splenetic

Antonyms

cheerful
good-natured
pleasant

laid-back
patient
happy

nice
calm
easy-going

Synonyms
adj easily offended

tricky
jumpy
testy
precarious
sensitive
uptight
volatile
delicate
ticklish
risky
dicey

bad-tempered
cantankerous
captious
choleric
cranky
cross
grouchy
grumpy
hazardous
irascible
irritable

mean
ornery
peevish
petulant
querulous
quick-tempered
surly
temperamental
thin-skinned
unpredictable
unsafe

crabbed
hypersensitive
bundle of nerves
oversensitive
perturbable
pettish
splenetic
wired up
wound up

Antonyms

collected
stable
easygoing
laid-back
unflappable

easy
calm
certain
firm
strong

sure
insensitive
safe

Synonyms
adj rigid, tough

firm
obstinate
reserved
crisp
aloof
distant
formal
hard-line
hold the line
incompliant

inelastic
inexorable
inflexible
intractable
obdurate
relentless
resolute
severe
single-minded
stiff

strict
stubborn
uncompromising
unrelenting
unyielding
uptight
do or die
dug in
hard as nails
hold the fort

locked in
set in stone
standing pat
unflexible
unswayable
hold one’s ground
standing one’s ground
sticking to one’s guns

Antonyms

bending
pliable
flexible

soft
yielding
pliant

relaxed

Synonyms
adj prudish

square
stiff
conservative
conventional
demure

genteel
priggish
prim
prissy
proper

puritanical
respectable
rigid
smug
starchy

straitlaced
stuffy
uptight

Synonyms
adj anxious, troubled

perturbed
distressed
concerned
distracted
upset
bothered
disturbed

tense
frightened
afraid
apprehensive
beside oneself
distraught
fearful

fretful
hung up
ill at ease
nervous
on edge
overwrought
solicitous

uneasy
uptight
tormented
clutched
on pins and needles
worried stiff

Antonyms

untroubled
uncaring
calm

comforted
happy
undisturbed

unworried
relaxed

Synonyms
adj distrustful

skeptical
suspicious
leery
wary
cagey

cautious
chary
cynical
doubtful
doubting

dubious
fearful
jealous
uneasy
untrusting

uptight
been hit before

Synonyms
adj testy

annoyed
bad-tempered
cantankerous
captious
choleric
crabbed
cranky
cross

crotchety
edgy
fretful
grouchy
grumpy
impatient
irascible
mean

ornery
out of sorts
peevish
peppery
petulant
quarrelsome
quick-tempered
short-tempered

snappy
sullen
thin-skinned
touchy
uptight
waspish
exasperated
splenetic

Synonyms
adj edgy

anxious
critical
excitable
excited
fidgety
high-strung
ill at ease

impatient
irascible
irritable
jittery
jumpy
nervous
on edge

restive
restless
skittish
tense
touchy
uneasy
uptight

a bundle of nerves
all wound up
keyed up
overstrung

Synonyms
adj distrustful

cagey
cautious
chary
cynical
doubtful

doubting
dubious
fearful
jealous
leery

mistrustful
skeptical
suspicious
uneasy
uptight

wary
been hit before