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• hung-up
  hung-up

  adjective

  beset with psychological problems.
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  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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Center fielder Yonathan Daza held onto the ball to allow a hung-up Carlos Santana to score in the third.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2022

“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

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 Charles Heavysege

Don’t get hung up on the timeline, he added.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

And in the heart of the capital, near the British Museum, a pub has hung up an eight-metre embroidered "Beer Tapestry" recounting the history of brewing in a playful tribute to the more violent original.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Berner warned that new homeowners should not get hung up on their home’s value after they move in, as it could lead to unnecessary anxiety.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

He asked who was calling, and when told it was the BBC, he immediately hung up.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

After she hung up, Michael returned the phone to its cradle, tightened the laces on his Jordans, and knocked lightly on the bathroom door.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly