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View synonyms for hyped-up
hyped-up
[ hahypt-uhp ]
adjective
, Informal.
- intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated:
an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
hyped up
adjective
- slang.stimulated or excited by or as if by the effect of a stimulating drug
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hyped-up1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
They are Cosmo girls hyped up on silicone, bad attitude, and greed.
From The Daily Beast
Despite a hyped-up reception in online forums, the teachings were low-key.
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Have TV interviews with Jerry Sandusky and Mike McQueary been hyped up?
From The Daily Beast
Anyway, every man aboard is all hyped up about living aground—especially with a harem.
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Its energy-absorption rate, figured in terms of growth, expressed as a hyped-up discontinuous progression.
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What would happen if he, the great hyped-up superman, found that the Nipe had only been working at half his normal potential?
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