hyped-up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyped-up
Adjective
  • Not to mention, the boots are also constructed with a padded insole to cushion your feet.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Its padded shoulder straps are designed for all-day wear, and the durable build stands up to heavy use.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Guadagnino encourages our doubts, shooting Maggie in exaggerated horror-movie closeups set to the doomy bass notes and shrieking winds of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But the question remains whether exaggerated fears are sufficient to trigger political violence.
    Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His talent for expressing a volatile vulnerability and grit saw him through performances as troubled tough guys in Where the Crawdads Sing and The Iron Claw.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Maigret must outwit some of Paris’s most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the medical term for an enlarged prostate.
    MD Published, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Michael died at age 53 on Christmas morning in 2016 of natural causes, suffering from an enlarged heart and fatty liver disease.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Dart wasn’t the only Giants rookie to have a substantial impact in the upset victory.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Nudge your kids to make decisions for themselves, even when other people are upset.
    Megan Sauer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, some in the Hollywood trenches see the reaction to Tilly as overblown.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, 83 percent of players who answered said the turf versus grass debate was a real concern as opposed to being overblown.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, Billy cheats on her and Gavin keeps doubling down on their scam, which gives the movie’s second half its jittery momentum.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Peterson was the SoCon Player of the Year and is a fast, jittery guard who can make 3s.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Until, that is, Morgan is roped into the LAPD by Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) and paired with uptight detective Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata).
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Too uptight to refrain from checking email.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Hyped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyped-up. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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