hyped-up

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Recent Examples of hyped-up For others, the trigger is a good feeling, being hyped-up or excited. Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyped-up
Adjective
  • Non-padded practices almost always favor defensive linemen, who have less for O-linemen to latch on to as the pass rushers try to speed-rush their way into the backfield.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Inside, there’s a padded laptop compartment, two slip pockets, a zip pocket, a water bottle pouch, and an interior key ring holder.
    Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • For Kelly, the Mexican release is also another chapter in the unlikely afterlife of a film that has continued to attract new audiences long after its troubled theatrical debut.
    José Salazar, IndieWire, 22 June 2026
  • De la Espriella promised El Salvador-style mega-prisons, while Cepeda promised to salvage Petro’s troubled ‘total peace’ talks with rebel groups.
    Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • But outside experts and Ukrainian soldiers who spoke to CNN say Russia’s claims of advancement are exaggerated and come as the Kremlin is likely trying to project a narrative of success to counter the impact of recent Ukrainian strikes inside Russia.
    Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • According to Nahmias, the low-top shoe’s design is meant to capture the mountainous ranges that meet the water throughout California and features an upper inspired by a popular skate shoe paired with an exaggerated sole made of lightweight materials.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • Scotland may have lost 0-1 to Morocco in a World Cup match at Boston Stadium on Friday, but the thing the Tartan Army was most upset about?
    Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Katie Wilson won an upset victory to lead Seattle last fall.
    Matt Brown, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • King Charles was also treated at the same clinic at the time, for an enlarged prostate.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 June 2026
  • The agency also calls for updating information related to prostate cancer risk and revising warnings regarding enlarged prostate.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • Vincent pursues Jimmy like a homing missile, but the young man is jittery and restless in his own skin up against Jimmy’s shameless self-assuredness.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
  • By Wednesday morning, a jittery calm had returned.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • There is the willful weakness of Congress, the overblown power of the Supreme Court and the improbability of new Constitutional amendments.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Fears that the City of London would lose its finance crown to other European capitals proved overblown.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • After granting his request to aid his cause, Sharako insists that the uptight Lannister prove his worth by wrestling her in a mud pit.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • Dabbling in this culinary staple is an antidote to uptight, disciplined design.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026

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“Hyped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyped-up. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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