to psych
95
7.4
- verb
- /saɪk/
- Informal
:
mentalizarse (prepararse)
- We had these songs playing while we were working to get ourselves psyched up to write a scene.
- get psyched
- become psyched
I don't want you to begin to just psych yourself out.
- I don't want you to begin to just psych yourself out.
- It took you months, maybe even years of psyching yourself up, managing the trauma, bonding, second guessing yourself.
- Remember, for example, on the sports field or in some other truly competitive arena, the arrogance may come out as psyching out an opponent.
- What about psyching here a little bit?
Examples
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So I've been psyching myself up for the surgery for like the last two weeks now.
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I'm not going to stress and psych myself out in order to reach some goal that I've set for myself for absolutely no reason.
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I got to psych myself up here.
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I don't want you to begin to just psych yourself out.
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Listen to it every morning, get all psyched up.
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Like I had to psych myself up to go and get dressed in the mornings.
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Celebrate the end and get psyched up for the beginning of the next thing.
Blog text (16) -
I'm psyched to have you here.
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So needless to say, I was psyched to finally be visiting the wonders of Scandinavia.
Blog text (20) -
Before her big presentation, she needed to psych herself up to feel more confident.
Synonyms
4
6.8
To get ready mentally for a difficult task
4
7.4
To get yourself ready by feeling excited or confident
1
6.6
To make yourself ready to do something difficult
Phrasal Verbs
How Prepared
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1.3
56
5.2
- Informal
95
7.4
- Informal
28
4.1
437
3.5
∞
2.3
962
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb psych comes from phrases like psych up and psych out and from the root psyche meaning 'mind', so it means to change or prepare someone's mind. So to psych yourself up is to get ready mentally, and to psych an opponent is to try to throw them off.