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单词 pumping up
释义

pump up

verb

pumped up; pumping up; pumps up

transitive verb

1
a
: to fill with enthusiasm or excitement
b
: to fill with or as if with air : inflate
2
: increase sense 1

Synonyms

  • charge
  • electrify
  • excite
  • exhilarate
  • galvanize
  • intoxicate
  • thrill
  • titillate
  • turn on
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Example Sentences

the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

pumping up

verb

present participle of pump up
1
as in thrilling
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • thrilling
  • exciting
  • turning on
  • electrifying
  • intoxicating
  • galvanizing
  • inspiring
  • intriguing
  • exhilarating
  • delighting
  • enchanting
  • titillating
  • charging
  • provoking
  • stimulating
  • arousing
  • riveting
  • interesting
  • inciting
  • charming
  • captivating
  • bewitching
  • tantalizing
  • spellbinding
  • mesmerizing
  • hypnotizing
  • enthralling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • boring
  • tiring
  • palling
  • discouraging
  • wearying
  • disheartening
  • jading
  • demoralizing
  • dispiriting
  • dejecting
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2
as in increasing
to make greater in size, amount, or number that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • increasing
  • expanding
  • accelerating
  • boosting
  • building up
  • augmenting
  • raising
  • multiplying
  • extending
  • adding (to)
  • enhancing
  • swelling
  • drawing out
  • reinforcing
  • escalating
  • enlarging
  • amplifying
  • compounding
  • stoking
  • maximizing
  • hyping
  • strengthening
  • blowing up
  • intensifying
  • aggrandizing
  • upping
  • racheting (up)
  • following up
  • supersizing
  • bumping (up)
  • ratcheting (up)
  • supplementing
  • fleshing (out)
  • jumping
  • developing
  • skyrocketing
  • booming
  • spiking
  • lengthening
  • inflating
  • heightening
  • stretching
  • beefing (up)
  • dilating
  • prolonging
  • complementing
  • distending
  • protracting
  • elongating
  • accumulating
  • magnifying
  • collecting
  • amassing
  • reenforcing
  • parlaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • subtracting (from)
  • reducing
  • decreasing
  • diminishing
  • lowering
  • downsizing
  • dwindling
  • lessening
  • abating
  • shortening
  • curtailing
  • abridging
  • minifying
  • abbreviating
  • contracting
  • compressing
  • condensing
  • de-escalating
  • constricting
  • cutting back
  • retrenching
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