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单词 pumped
释义

pumped

adjective

ˈpəm(p)t How to pronounce pumped (audio)
: filled with energetic excitement and enthusiasm
pumped for the football game

Synonyms

  • agog
  • antsy
  • anxious
  • ardent
  • athirst
  • avid
  • crazy
  • desirous
  • eager
  • enthused
  • enthusiastic
  • excited
  • geeked [slang]
  • great
  • greedy
  • gung ho
  • hepped up
  • hopped-up
  • hot
  • hungry
  • impatient
  • juiced
  • keen
  • nuts
  • raring
  • solicitous
  • stoked [slang]
  • thirsty
  • voracious
  • wild
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Example Sentences

the whole city's so pumped for this championship that it's unbelievable
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Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

pumped 1 of 2

adjective

as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest the whole city's so pumped for this championship that it's unbelievable

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • excited
  • eager
  • avid
  • enthusiastic
  • anxious
  • juiced
  • hungry
  • stoked
  • enthused
  • geeked
  • keen
  • thirsty
  • ready
  • ardent
  • raring
  • nuts
  • antsy
  • interested
  • happy
  • impatient
  • greedy
  • engaged
  • desirous
  • athirst
  • voracious
  • crazy
  • agog
  • willing
  • great
  • hot
  • champing at the bit
  • chomping at the bit
  • solicitous
  • hepped up
  • wild
  • gung ho
  • hopped-up
  • obsessed
  • disposed
  • glad
  • hankering
  • craving
  • longing
  • hung up
  • ambitious
  • game
  • pining
  • breathless
  • restless
  • inclined
  • restive
  • covetous
  • appetent
  • amenable
  • unreluctant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • indifferent
  • detached
  • apathetic
  • uninterested
  • nonchalant
  • disinterested
  • unconcerned
  • casual
  • unenthusiastic
  • reluctant
  • aloof
  • unwilling
  • lukewarm
  • insouciant
  • hesitant
  • incurious
  • stolid
  • uneager
  • impassive
  • loath
  • languid
  • lackadaisical
  • averse
  • halfhearted
  • spiritless
  • loathe
  • loth
  • disinclined
  • languorous
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pumped

2 of 2

verb

past tense of pump
1
as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bobbed
  • shook
  • jerked
  • swayed
  • jogged
  • nodded
  • rocked
  • seesawed
  • jounced
  • bobbled
  • wiggled
  • swung
  • jiggled
  • ducked
  • wagged
  • oscillated
  • wobbled
  • dropped
  • undulated
  • wabbled
2
as in interrogated
to put a series of questions to prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • interrogated
  • examined
  • questioned
  • sweated
  • quizzed
  • grilled
  • catechized
  • queried
  • sweat
  • debriefed
  • harassed
  • annoyed
  • pestered
  • picked the brains of
  • hounded
  • gave the third degree to
  • canvassed
  • canvased
  • polled
  • cross-examined
  • cross-questioned
3
as in drained
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely pumped water from the well

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • drained
  • sucked
  • emptied
  • tapped
  • siphoned
  • bled
  • cleaned
  • syphoned
  • evacuated
  • drafted
  • milked
  • flushed
  • exhausted
  • drew (off)
  • purged
  • depleted
  • cleared
  • effused
  • decanted
  • vacated
  • vacuated
  • voided

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • filled
  • soaked
  • drenched
  • washed
  • bathed
  • watered
  • flooded
  • wetted
  • doused
  • inundated
  • wet
  • overflowed
  • drowned
  • submerged
  • deluged
  • swamped
  • soused
  • dowsed
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