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• hung-up
  hung-up

  adjective

  beset with psychological problems.
• hung up
  hung up

  see under hang up.

hung-up

American  

[huhng-uhp] / ˈhʌŋˈʌp /

adjective

Slang.

1. beset with psychological problems.

2. worried; anxious; concerned.

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hung up Idioms  

1. see under hang up.

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Example Sentences

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hung-up hung up

“He’s singing for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe,” Ginsberg exalted.

From Slate ● May 25, 2021

So I’m not sure why certain commentators get so hung-up on it.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 26, 2018

“What is happening to LIFE?” lamented another, calling the “psyched-out, hung-up, off-their-rockers” musicians “outrageous,” and not in a good way.

From Time ● Feb. 6, 2015

I’m not hung-up on the exact amount; I’m fascinated about its significance and what this means to Boomers and their children and grandchildren.

From Forbes ● Sep. 30, 2014

For once she would have one of those hung-up sentences completed.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Each time, the 30-something Staal could have easily hung up his skates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

But the exercise shows why investors shouldn’t get hung up too much on near-term valuations.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

"I said 'yes'. I told my mother I would call her back later and hung up."

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

When he hung up, his face changed, family members told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

I hung up and ran out the front door.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt