hyped up
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8.0
- adjective
- /haɪpt ʌp/
- Informal
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exagerado
- There are a lot of players that are hyped up because they have 1 or 2 big months, but I like the players who get it done day in and day out.
So I finally understand why these have been hyped up to the Max.
- So I finally understand why these have been hyped up to the Max.
- Heck, even NGA, which is something that was just recently hyped up.
- In the United States today, cold fusion is a term synonymous with scientific pipe dreams, hyped up failures, and pseudoscience.
- But for as much as Sally Rooney was kind of hyped up, I was quite let down by conversations with friends.
- We'll start here with by far the most hyped up fight in YouTube history probably I think the Logan Paul, Dylan, Dennis.
- Next is a book that was hyped up all over book serum and book talk this past month, which was funny you should ask.
- I feel like sometimes books are so hyped up that you have really high expectations and then they don't always, you know, yeah, live up to them.
Examples
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Many people were excited about the new smartphone because it was hyped up by the media.
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Maybe just to keep their crazy supporters all hyped up?
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So I finally understand why these have been hyped up to the Max.
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Is yoga all that it is hyped up to be?
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Next is a book that was hyped up all over book serum and book talk this past month, which was funny you should ask.
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Joe Montana's career was a basic one, but because of his Super Bowl performance, it was a hyped-up one.
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I feel like sometimes books are so hyped up that you have really high expectations and then they don't always, you know, yeah, live up to them.
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GW2 may not be all that it is hyped up to be, but what I have played thus far beats any other MMO (for me) that's out there at present.
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The movie was hyped up so much that I had high expectations, but it didn't impress me.
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After all the hype, I found that the concert was not as hyped up as everyone claimed.
Synonyms
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5.5
Made to seem much better than it really is
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4.1
Made to look bigger or more important than it really is
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5.1
Given too much attention so it seems better than it is
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4.9
Looks bigger or more important than it really is
Made to seem bigger or more important than it really is
Antonyms
How Promoted
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'hyped' already means over-promoted or exaggerated, and the particle 'up' adds an intensifying/increasing sense, so the combined meaning 'presented or promoted with exaggerated publicity' is directly derivable from the parts. This verb/particle intensification pattern is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Hyped up comes from the image of something being pumped like a balloon: to hype is to blow something bigger, and up adds extra energy. That's why it means 'made to seem more exciting than it really is'.