HYPED-UP Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Adjective

The padded straps and contoured back panel evenly distribute weight across your shoulders to minimize tension and fatigue.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
The backpack is also designed with a padded laptop sleeve, several pockets, and a detachable pouch for storing valuables or toiletries.

— Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of padded

Adjective

The public reckonings with these figures’ legacies—the troubled former child star gone too soon, the beloved icon, the cult favorite, the complicated eccentric—have come in a cascade.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
In the last decade Germany has sheltered millions of refugees, mainly from Syria and other troubled countries in the Middle East.

— Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of troubled

Adjective

Andrew Tate, however, testified last week that much of the image was exaggerated entertainment and marketing.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Designers have been adding some edge and modernity to the style by designing pumps with an exaggerated pointed toe and lower-cut vamps that reveal more of the foot.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of exaggerated

Adjective

Bayern Munich also play Thursday, hosting Bodo/Glimt, who last season knocked out Inter in a huge last-32 upset.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The seven-time Grand Slam champion ultimately fell to Shelton in the thrilling upset, 6-7(5-7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7).

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of upset

Adjective

According to the Mayo Clinic, finasteride is a prescription medication used to treat hair loss in men and an enlarged prostate.

— James Powel, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
One enlarged version consumed 120 watts while producing 42 milliliters of water per minute.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enlarged

Adjective

Scharf had often presented the ballroom as merely the latest chapter in a series of White House renovations that were met with overblown responses.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
For now, however, fears that public opinion has tilted toward China are overblown.

— Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of overblown

Adjective

And the duo’s domestic bliss is interrupted by the arrival of a third party — their older sister Ruthie (Stephanie Hsu), an uptight lawyer whose midlife crisis brings her down to her brother and sister’s level.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
With Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, and pop star Charli XCX playing against type as Elliot’s uptight girlfriend.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 July 2026

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