hyped-up
adjective
intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated.
hyped-up
American
[hahypt-uhp]
/ ˈhaɪptˈʌp /
adjective
Informal.
hyped up
British
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hyped-up
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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You can’t “control” a spontaneous gathering of thousands of hyped-up people in a park during a blizzard.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026
The terms of the agreement might seem purposely vague—a case of two hyped-up AI stocks teaming up on a task that no one really understands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
Things went from bad to worse for the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys, with the Chicago Bears another hyped-up side struggling to keep their season alive.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
Ka Mate was the chosen haka in 2007 in Cardiff, where France stood just a meter away, arm-in-arm, eyeballing hard and electrifying a hyped-up World Cup quarterfinal.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
“We’re not freaks, Tally. Were normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we’re not hyped-up Barbie dolls.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
My last quote is a humblebrag for sure, from an email in 2012 where I hyped up the Wild Flag album to him, and he replied:
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The player hyped up as golf’s next big thing for years had fully arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Although not much has been seen of the Roadster since its 2017 introduction, Tesla executives have repeatedly hyped up the car, which Musk has said is a collaboration with SpaceX, one of his other companies.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
Countless theories discussed on social media only hyped up the ending of this saga.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
All the stuff that does not work gets balled up and hyped up.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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