hung-up

[ huhng-uhp ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. beset with psychological problems.
2. worried; anxious; concerned.

Idioms and Phrases

see under hang up .

Example Sentences

But being hung up on before having chance to tell the unnamed desk sergeant I was with the fourth estate is not the norm.

From The Daily Beast

Schools are more than happy to help players bulk up but nothing is done to help them slim down after the cleats get hung up.

From The Daily Beast

By the time they hung up their Union Jack dresses in 2000, the Spice Girls had sold over 55 million records worldwide.

From The Daily Beast

Bucca hung up the phone and started up the stairway with fellow fire marshal John Devery.

From The Daily Beast

Robyn still thinks of the ex-boyfriend who hung up on her when she disclosed her status.

From The Daily Beast

He carefully upset three dinner pails from the shelves in the rear as he hung up his hat.

From Project Gutenberg

A few may always be seen, however, hung up in the market with the Common Snipes through the autumn and winter.

From Project Gutenberg

And then he hung up, left the station to vanish into the murk of the rain swept night.

From Project Gutenberg

The wet uniforms were hung up to dry, Mr. Darwood in the meantime lending the lads some other garments.

From Project Gutenberg

When it has had its first sweat, it is hung up on racks; and here Mr. Culp's process is peculiar.

From Project Gutenberg