hyped-up

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Recent Examples of hyped-up For others, the trigger is a good feeling, being hyped-up or excited. Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyped-up
Adjective
  • Wasting no time, the students adorned their white padded uniforms.
    Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
  • The exterior features a locking zippered pocket for easy access to essentials, while the main compartment includes RFID-blocking card and passport slots as well as a padded tablet sleeve.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • The movie follows Gugino as a grieving woman who takes in her troubled nephew, but their lives are upended when an otherworldly entity begins hunting him.
    Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Seeking a fresh start, Ellie moves into a house on Delaney Row hoping to leave her troubled past behind, only to discover that her new home is steeped in dark secrets and unsettling mysteries.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Adjective
  • In the clip, the robot performs exaggerated, erratic movements, raising its arms into a martial arts-style fighting stance before lunging toward people around it.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
  • There were new rules announced pre-tournament to minimise timewasting via exaggerated injuries or via substitutions.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Adjective
  • Play was held up after some upset fans threw things onto the field after the controversial offside call.
    Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Usually, when the USMNT enters the knockout stage in the World Cup, they’re considered the underdogs, hoping to be scrappy to force an upset.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • That starts right up front with a full makeover that pairs a simplified bumper with a set of enlarged LED headlights.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
  • According to the release, the medical director allegedly signed off on one patient's test results as normal, despite indications that the patient had an enlarged heart.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • When Micron’s earnings report came out after markets closed on Wednesday, the story was the same as other times markets have been jittery about AI.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Outside of a jittery first half against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marsch’s Canada have consistently pushed the tempo in the World Cup.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • There is the willful weakness of Congress, the overblown power of the Supreme Court and the improbability of new Constitutional amendments.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Fears that the City of London would lose its finance crown to other European capitals proved overblown.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Anna and Tom’s daughter, Natalie (Lily Collias), views Cady as a source who might finally tell her the truth about her uptight mother and avoidant stepfather.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • The film’s director, uptight Euro expat Max (Christoph Waltz), is initially enraged by their hijacking of the shoot, but his studio fatcat bosses (both voiced by Jeff Bridges) love the unhinged results.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 June 2026

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“Hyped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyped-up. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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