tight-assed

== English == === Alternative forms === tight-arsed (UK) === Adjective === tight-assed (comparative more tight-assed, superlative most tight-assed) (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. 2015, Kimberli A. Bindschatel, Operation Tropical Affair, Traverse City, MI: Turning Leaf, Chapter 8, p. 78,[7] We could pop down to the Caymans. Drink some margaritas, watch those tight-assed college boys play beach volleyball. (informal, of an article of, clothing) Fitting tightly in the area covering the buttocks. 1967, Wright Morris, In Orbit, Chapter 6, in Two for the Road, Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994, p. 264,[8] There is no room in his tight-assed pants for his dangling hands. ==== Derived terms ==== tightass === Adverb === tight-assed (not comparable) (informal, derogatory) In an uptight or fastidious way. === Further reading === “tight-arsed adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present