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How to pronounce “uptight”
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Pronunciation guide for uptight
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of uptight with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- "my mama" / "BLACK BANANA"
When the time is right I'll move alright so don't get too uptight
- Definition summary
- (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce uptight
"my mama" / "BLACK BANANA"
When the time is right I'll move alright so don't get too uptight
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “uptight”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
- Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
- (colloquial) Sexually repressed.
- (colloquial) Unfriendly or rude.
- [Noun]
- (colloquial) An uptight person.
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