as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
all hepped up about buying a new motorcycle
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hepped up
Adjective
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Instead, according to several people involved and to contemporaneous documents, OpenAI executives seemed to grow only more excited about it.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026 -
Perhaps York was excited for this adventure.—
Craig Fehrman,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Takaichi is a hard rock and heavy metal music fan and was an avid drummer in her college days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The president's eldest grandchild is an avid golfer who committed to play for the University of Miami's collegiate team this fall.—
Linda Marx,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Boomer is particularly enthusiastic to introduce the world to the latter actress, who previously appeared in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans and Prime Video's Hunters.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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Chinese people, particularly younger ones, have long been enthusiastic about wordplay.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For example, Stanford’s Eesley said that plenty of AI business customers are eager to try out new tools, but drop them after a trial period.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Why are men like Sam Bateman or Warren Jeffs eager to document so much of their criminal activity?—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Although Amodei, who was leading the company’s safety team, had helped to pitch the deal to Bill Gates, many people on the team were anxious about it, fearing that Microsoft would insert provisions that overrode OpenAI’s ethical commitments.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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On the handful of occasions in each game between them when Jokic catches at the elbow and his teammates clear out, an anxious hush invariably falls over a buzzing arena.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The studio was really gung ho about the film—top movie star, top TV star.—
Rachel Syme,
The New Yorker,
16 June 2024
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This place has been a coaching graveyard, but Canales is gung ho about his new job anyway.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Feb. 2024
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“Hepped up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hepped%20up. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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