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hung up

adjective

Definition of hung up

1 :delayed or detained for a time

2 :anxiously nervous

3 :having great or excessive interest in or preoccupation with someone or something —usually used with on

they broke up but he's still hung up on her

hung up on winning

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Examples of hung up in a Sentence

Many people are hung up about their physical appearance.
parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college

First Known Use of hung up

1878

hung up Synonyms

Synonyms

happy, obsessed, queer

Antonyms

calm, collected, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, nerveless, relaxed

Related Words

absorbed, anxious, concerned, distracted, engaged, engrossed, full, involved, knee-deep, occupied, preoccupied, prepossessed, worried; ardent, crazy, dotty, fervent, fervid, feverish, foolish, impassioned, nuts, passionate, silly

Near Antonyms

apathetic, casual, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, incurious, indifferent, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uncurious, unenthusiastic, uninterested, uninvolved

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hung up

adjective

Definition of hung up for English Language Learners

: delayed for a time
: thinking or worrying too much about something or someone

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