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hung up

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hung up

1 having extreme or relentless concern

  • parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college
Synonyms of hung up

happy, obsessed, queer
Words Related to hung up

absorbed, anxious, concerned, distracted, engaged, engrossed, full, involved, knee-deep, occupied, preoccupied, prepossessed, worried

ardent, crazy, dotty, fervent, fervid, feverish, foolish, impassioned, nuts, passionate, silly
Near Antonyms of hung up

apathetic, casual, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, incurious, indifferent, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uncurious, unenthusiastic, uninterested, uninvolved

2 feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

  • so hung up about having his tax returns audited that he can't sleep
Synonyms of hung up

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

keyed up, on edge, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks
Near Antonyms of hung up

confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure

controlled, self-controlled
Antonyms of hung up

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

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