hung-up

[ huhng-uhp ]

adjective

, Slang.

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

Idioms and Phrases

see under hang up .

Example Sentences

Center fielder Yonathan Daza held onto the ball to allow a hung-up Carlos Santana to score in the third.

From Seattle Times

“He’s singing for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe,” Ginsberg exalted.

From Slate

"Agents knocked and called Ms. Jones both announcing the search warrant and encouraging her to cooperate. Ms. Jones refused to come to the door for 20 minutes and hung-up on agents," the agency said.

From Salon

“When agents arrived, they knocked on the door and called Ms. Jones in an attempt to minimize disruption to the family. Ms. Jones refused to come to the door for 20 minutes and hung-up on agents,” the statement added.

From Fox News

He rammed the point home with a stirring rendition of Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom,” belting out the final words with his band all but silent until the last line: “Tolling for the achin’ ones whose wounds cannot be nursed For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones and worse And for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.”

From Los Angeles Times