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as in obsessed
having extreme or relentless concern
parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college
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as in worried
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty
so hung up about having his tax returns audited that he can't sleep
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Recent Examples of hung up
Still hung up on Conformity Gate?
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Clark just hung up the phone and disappeared.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
And went on and on and on in a five-minute monologue and then hung up.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Vertical blinds, commonly used to cover sliding glass doors, feature wider slats that are hung up and down versus horizontally.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
Clark just hung up the phone and disappeared.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
And went on and on and on in a five-minute monologue and then hung up.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Vertical blinds, commonly used to cover sliding glass doors, feature wider slats that are hung up and down versus horizontally.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hung up
Adjective
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Isaia Huron’s Concubiana is truly a masterpiece, and I haven’t been so obsessed with a project from start to finish since Steve Lacy’s Gemini Rights.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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The film, about a novelist who is kidnapped by an obsessed fan, stars James Caan and Kathy Bates, who won an Academy Award for her performance.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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When Edmond LaFave missed two days of work in February 1975, a worried friend headed to his North Park home to check on him.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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His family was worried sick, and Jones said Johnson had stormed out of the home after an argument.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Buss reportedly was upset with the way James dismissed his part in pursuing Westbrook and blamed others after the move failed, according to ESPN.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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The 14-year-old’s girlfriend told investigators that Givens had threatened over Snapchat to kill her 1½-year-old son and that the 14-year-old was upset about it, the complaint says.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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While the money is flowing, state officials are still nervous.—
Miquéla V Thornton,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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The atmosphere at the Emirates was nervous, too, and their next two opponents — Leeds (away) and Sunderland (home) — will give no quarter.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Flat, calm but earnest, mildly anxious, blunted, volatile.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Times of Troy survey After an anxious few weeks for Trojan fans, USC finally has its next defensive coordinator.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Instead, the 35-year-old is shifting gears by turning her troubled past into a new trade.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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An English boarding school for troubled boys is the backdrop of this quiet yet accomplished début novel, set in 1976.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Of course, no guest wants to dine at the home of a host whose off-putting etiquette makes everyone feel ill at ease either.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Chalk the moves up to uneasy investors.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Kelly and King shake things up around the half-hour mark by venturing into the real world, where Grace (Cristin Milioti), the mother of two boys unusually far apart in age, starts being overcome by uneasy feelings about a cold dark void.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Hung up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20up. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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