keyed up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keyed up
Adjective
  • The opening of the location near the Detroit Metro Airport drew a large and excited crowd.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Nvidia has made no net progress since July 30 alongside plenty of excited chatter around the strength and duration of the AI buildout — perhaps having entered another of its long digestion trading ranges (the last one went on for several months)?
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The man, a legal researcher who lives legally in the United States, is worried he might be targeted by the federal government for speaking freely.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As the day progressed though, Marsh became worried again.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The heated confrontation as caught on video, which went viral on social media.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve got into a heated altercation and was ejected during the team’s Game 3 loss against the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • George Springer has every right to be upset about the call that went against him in the game Tuesday night for his Toronto Blue Jays against the Boston Red Sox.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • All parts of this plant contains saponins, which can cause salivation, vomiting and GI upset.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The following year, he was arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge after becoming agitated when he was told to leave a suburban Las Vegas casino.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Remember how agitated Laura got when Daniel scraped his knee mountain biking?
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But there will be a lot of nervous folks in New England hoping Bregman's stay in Boston extends past the one-year mark.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Others were forced into the car, nervous at the prospect of 48 phone-free hours filled with talk about feelings.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the cold and austere German winter (a far cry from Dakar’s physical and cultural warmth), an anxious Nourou acts up outside a hotel and is accosted by a Polish security guard, setting off a minor chain reaction in which Maja intervenes on his behalf, much to his chagrin.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Right now, CEOs are both bullish and anxious.
    Mike Hoffman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • All that should have spelled relief to H-1B workers and their corporate sponsors, but Xiao Wang, chief executive of the immigration services firm Boundless Immigration, said the lack of detail left many unanswered questions – and his clients uneasy.
    Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If uneasy, history may provide equal insights with economics.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Keyed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keyed%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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