psyched

[sahykt]

adjective

1. happily excited; elated.

   I’m really psyched that she invited me for her birthday, but I have no idea what to get her.

   Wow, you got the part—I’m so psyched for you!

2. in a state of eager anticipation; looking forward to something.

   Fans of the video game are pretty psyched for the new release, due in two weeks.

   It was perfect weather and we were psyched to do some great sightseeing.

3. mentally prepared, especially for something challenging, so as to be in the right frame of mind to do one’s best.

   Are you getting psyched to do your taxes?

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of psych.

Word History and Origins

Origin of psyched¹

First recorded in 1955–60, for an earlier sense; psych ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; psych ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

The SNL actor said his hosts were "psyched" he wore a kilt and he "had the best dinner ever".

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To me, Jann is a guy that got a lot of people psyched to link arms and write about music at a time when nobody had a place to really do it.

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Kelce models a different kind of man: thoroughly masculine and not exactly a high-minded liberal intellectual, but nevertheless an unflappably supportive partner, a guy who is just plain psyched to be paired with one of the most successful women in the world and who seems to go out of his way to champion her.

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Twenty-five years after their first album, both brothers are comfortable — psyched, even — to find their band in such an unlikely mix.

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In fact, it’s virtually impossible to tell whether he’s more psyched about “Slow Horses” or being knighted.

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