het up

Examples

• All

• Now, listen, tiger, don't get all het up.

  Sleuth (1972)

• "Why are you so het up, boys?

  Fiction book (1993)

• I never saw him that het up.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Only you get all het-up.

  Tennessee Johnson (1942)

• What's she so het up about?

  Paint Your Wagon (1969)

• "Well, I don't know what you're so het up about," I told her.

  Fiction book (1998)

• There's no need to get het up over a minor mistake in the presentation.

• She tends to get het up whenever politics comes up in conversation.

Synonyms

E

excited

vshet up

∞ 1.0

Feeling very happy and eager about something

also includes anger or upset, not just positive eagerness

M

mad

vshet up

138 1.3

Very excited and unable to stay calm

is informal but usually means agitated without implying total loss of control

A

agitated

vshet up

49 4.1

Feeling nervous, upset, and not calm

also includes anger and informal upset rather than only anxiety

W

worked up

vshet up

• Informal

33 6.5

Very upset or nervous because of strong feelings

is informal and expresses those emotions with less intensity

H

hot and bothered

vshet up

• Informal

2 7.0

Feeling nervous and upset because of stress or embarrassment

is informal and covers agitation from anger as well as stress or excitement

M

mad with excitement

vshet up

5.3

Very excited and unable to stay calm

is informal and can cover anger or milder agitation rather than only thrill

M

mad as hops

vshet up

• Archaic

9.9

Feeling very angry and showing it

is informal and can mean general agitation or excitement as well as anger

I

in a hyp mood

vshet up

• Neologism

9.9

Feeling very energetic and excited

is informal and covers agitated feelings including anger, not only high energy

Antonyms

C

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

C

composed

1 4.3

Calm and in control of your feelings during stress

U

unexcited

1 3.7

Calm and not showing strong feeling

How Agitated

furious

238 3.0

angry

∞ 1.0

worked up

• Informal

33 6.5

het up

• UK

1 9.9

upset

∞ 1.0

uneasy

98 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology