[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

uptight
     adj : being in a tense state syn: edgy, high-strung, highly
           strung, in suspensep, jittery, jumpy, nervy,
            overstrung, restive
see also:
edgy high-strung highly strung in suspensep jittery jumpy 
nervy overstrung restive 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "uptight":
   accordant, anal, bourgeois, compulsive, concordant, conformist,
   conventional, corresponding, edgy, formalistic, harmonious,
   in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, kosher, nervy, orthodox,
   pedantic, plastic, precisianistic, restive, square, straight,
   strained, stretched tight, stuffy, taut, tense, traditionalist,
   under a strain, uneasy, unrelaxed

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