Word info

tight-assed

Speech parts

1. tight-assed - Adjective

2. tight-assed - Adverb

Meaning

(informal, derogatory) Rigidly maintaining self-control; restricting oneself to generally accepted rules and behaviours.
Synonyms: conservative, conventional, inhibited, repressed, straight-laced, stuffy, uptight
Antonyms: easy-going, laid-back, relaxed

(informal, derogatory) Excessively concerned with unimportant details; obsessively precise.
Synonyms: anal, fastidious, fussy, finicky, hair-splitting, nitpicky, punctilious

(informal, derogatory) Reluctant to spend money.
Synonyms: miserly, stingy, tight-fisted

(informal) Having firm or clenched buttocks.

(informal, of an article of clothing) Fitting tightly in the area covering the buttocks.

tight-assed (not comparable)

(informal, derogatory) In an uptight or fastidious way.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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