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het up

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Synonyms & Antonyms of het up

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

it won't do you any good to get all het up before the tryouts and lose sleep

Synonyms for het up

aflutter,
antsy,
anxious,
atwitter,
dithery,
edgy,
goosey,
hinky
[slang],
hung up,
ill at ease,
insecure,
jittery,
jumpy,
nervous,
nervy,
perturbed,
queasy
(also queazy),
tense,
troubled,
uneasy,
unquiet,
upset,
uptight,
worried

Words Related to het up

aggrieved,
bothered,
concerned,
disquieted,
distraught,
distressed,
disturbed,
freaked,
freaked-out,
shook-up

apprehensive,
foreboding,
hesitant,
misgiving

fretful,
fretting,
stewing,
vexed

qualmish,
qualmy

flustered,
twittered,
undone,
unnerved,
unstrung

obsessed,
preoccupied,
restless

fidgety,
flighty,
fluttery,
high-strung,
hypertense,
skittish,
spooky

Phrases Synonymous with het up

keyed up,
on edge,
on pins and needles,
on tenterhooks

Near Antonyms for het up

confident,
self-assured,
self-confident,
sure

controlled,
self-controlled

Antonyms for het up

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

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The first known use of het up was in 1909

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