lit up

adjective

: drunk sense 1a

Synonyms of lit up

• drunk
• drunken
• fried
• wet
• wasted
• impaired
• blind

Examples of lit up in a Sentence

he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up

Recent Examples on the Web

College networks buckled under the traffic, and bulletin boards lit up, as the game eventually was installed on more computers than Microsoft Windows 95 at the time. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

When the interviewer asked Irwin to highlight the differences, his face lit up. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Massive explosions lit up the night sky as ballistic missiles and drones hammered parts of the city, killing at least 14 people in the city and three others in the surrounding region, with dozens more wounded, city officials said. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

But the summer box office has also lit up with movies including Toy Story 5, earning the biggest opening in that franchise's 31-year history, and Ryan Gosling took audiences on a journey of wonder and hope with Project Hail Mary. — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lit up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup