Transcription
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- [hahyp uhp]
- /haɪp ʌp/
- /haɪp ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahyp uhp]
- /haɪp ʌp/
Definitions of hyped up words
- adjective hyped up intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending. 1
- adjective hyped up overexcited 1
- adjective hyped up If someone is hyped up about something, they are very excited or anxious about it. 0
- adjective hyped up stimulated or excited by or as if by the effect of a stimulating drug 0
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Origin of hyped up
First appearance:
before 1945 One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50
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Parts of speech for Hyped up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hyped up popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
hyped up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hyped up
adj hyped up
- unreal — not real or actual.
- bogus — If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine.
- counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- factitious — not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
Antonyms for hyped up
adj hyped up
- real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- genuine — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- natural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- unaffected — not affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered: The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.
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