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amped (up)

verb

Definition of amped (up)next
past tense of amp (up)
1
as in stimulated
to give life, vigor, or spirit to an important news story that doesn't need to be amped up with sensationalism

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2
as in intensified
to make markedly greater in measure or degree inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amped (up)
  1. stimulated
  2. intensified
  3. heightened
  4. enhanced
  5. deepened
  6. strengthened
  7. stepped up
Verb
  • Throughout Milo's healing, Haarburger sought ways to keep him entertained and mentally stimulated.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • So the majority of product [is] stimulated by patient interaction, and the hero product has to be the Polish.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stimulated
Verb
  • Tensions had already intensified Monday when Pakistani fighter jets struck sites in eastern Afghanistan that Islamabad described as militant hideouts.
    — MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The 10-year Treasury note yield was relatively unchanged on Friday after recent selling pressure intensified following hawkish Federal Reserve commentary and stronger-than-expected economic data.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of intensified
Verb
  • Over its 1,200 pages, the novel becomes a haunting of a haunting, a terror echoed and heightened over time.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Heavy, uninterrupted nicotine ingestion can trigger blood pressure spikes, elevated heart rates, sleep disruption and heightened anxiety.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of heightened
Verb
  • Enduring principles can be enhanced by the essential replenishment of ideas — notions that might seem to contradict but that also sure can live in harmony.
    — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The ambience is enhanced by keeping open the ark of the Torah, the usually closed chamber at the front of the synagogue that protects the scrolls of scripture.
    — Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of enhanced
Verb
  • Sunday's results have deepened his problems, focusing attention even more closely on his ability to deliver reforms while also keeping the governing coalition and his own party together.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Neighbors were getting them too The mystery deepened when Scarpella learned several neighbors on his block were receiving similar packages.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of deepened
Verb
  • It can be created in one environment, strengthened in another, and captured somewhere else.
    — Dani Nadel, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Another focus point this year is the festival’s strengthened relationship with Spain and the Spanish film industry.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of strengthened
Verb
  • The Pakistani Taliban, formally known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, have stepped up their attacks on Pakistani security forces, boosted by the Afghan Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • When Bruno Fernandes stepped up to the penalty spot on Sunday afternoon, all eyes were at first on him.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of stepped up
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“Amped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amped%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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