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het up
het up adj angry; excited: too many people are getting het up about money in rugby. het′ up′ (hɛt) adj. Slang. 1. indignant; irate; upset. 2. enthusiastic. [1920–25; het, archaic or dial. past participle of heat + up] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | het up - made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty"heated, heated up, hethot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" | | 2. | het up - worked up emotionally by anger or excitement; "was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle"; "got really het up over the new taxes"; "he was suddenly het up about racing cars"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechemotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional" | Translationshet up
(all) het upUnhappy or anxious. She's been het up waiting for the doctor to call with the test results.See also: het, up*(all) het upRur. very angry or upset. (All "heated" up. *Typically: get ~; be ~.) The boss got all het up when I said my project would be late. Jane gets real het up when folks tease her about her freckles.See also: het, uphet up
Synonyms for het upadj made warm or hot ('het' is a dialectal variant of 'heated')SynonymsRelated Wordsadj worked up emotionally by anger or excitementRelated Words |