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Recent Examples of het up As for the airport tray aesthetic, while people might be getting het up at the idea of Gen Z holding up the line for some navel-gazing, the US Transport Security Administration is sanguine about the risk. Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024 So why has the Chanel version gotten people so het up? New York Times, 6 Dec. 2021 Something about unfolding Bennifer events, this rekindling of an old flame, has got all of us het up. Raven Smith, Vogue, 16 June 2021 In a normal December, people would be more concerned with the holidays and a busy schedule and wouldn't get this het up with Congress. Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for het up
Adjective
  • The man, a legal researcher who lives legally in the United States, is worried he might be targeted by the federal government for speaking freely.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As the day progressed though, Marsh became worried again.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • George Springer has every right to be upset about the call that went against him in the game Tuesday night for his Toronto Blue Jays against the Boston Red Sox.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • All parts of this plant contains saponins, which can cause salivation, vomiting and GI upset.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the cold and austere German winter (a far cry from Dakar’s physical and cultural warmth), an anxious Nourou acts up outside a hotel and is accosted by a Polish security guard, setting off a minor chain reaction in which Maja intervenes on his behalf, much to his chagrin.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Right now, CEOs are both bullish and anxious.
    Mike Hoffman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But there will be a lot of nervous folks in New England hoping Bregman's stay in Boston extends past the one-year mark.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Others were forced into the car, nervous at the prospect of 48 phone-free hours filled with talk about feelings.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Both were a byword, too, for male beauty, fully alive to the almost laughable impact of their handsomeness, yet ill at ease, now and then, with their perches on the pedestal.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Maurice, who had a troubled childhood marked by illness and emotional neglect, was negative and socially ill at ease.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • All that should have spelled relief to H-1B workers and their corporate sponsors, but Xiao Wang, chief executive of the immigration services firm Boundless Immigration, said the lack of detail left many unanswered questions – and his clients uneasy.
    Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If uneasy, history may provide equal insights with economics.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, thematically and stylistically this is of a piece with its predecessors’ interest in dysfunctional families, troubled teens and tweens (once again directed with skill by Omerzu), and unexpected narrative diversions and surprises.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But while they’re known for their humor, Martin is hoping to induce a different feeling in viewers with Wayward, a new Netflix thriller that deals with the troubled teen industry, set to debut September 25.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025

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“Het up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/het%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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