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hung-up

American  
[huhng-uhp] / ˈhʌŋˈʌp /

adjective

Slang.

  1. beset with psychological problems.

  2. worried; anxious; concerned.

hung up Idioms  

  1. see under hang up.

Example Sentences

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“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

As the long hung-up sword or unused ploughshare, lose their brightness and edge from want of use, perhaps these qualities of mind and body had disappeared for want of a fitter field for their display.

From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles

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