het
1
9.9
Warm and sometimes angry or excited
- adjective
- /hɛt/
- Informal
:
caliente
- After jogging under the sun, he was all het up and thirsty.
Examples
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Don't get yourself so het about something so minor!
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The soup is het and ready to serve.
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Grandma kept the soup het on the stove for supper.
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Why is it so het in here?
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The crowd became het up as the concert started to begin.
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After the argument, she felt het about the whole situation.
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The children were het with excitement as they opened their gifts.
Synonyms
heated up
vshet
9
1.7
Made warm or hot by cooking, for example in a microwave
describes the state of being warm rather than the active heating process
1
9.9
Feeling very upset or angry about something
also applies to physical warming, not only emotional agitation
heated
vshet
1.0
Made warm by fire, electricity, or the sun
can mean warmed without focusing on the method of heating
7.0
A little warm but not very hot
denotes a stronger warmth rather than only slight heat
Idioms
How Hot
Surface Forms
het positive
Etymology
Het is a regional, old-fashioned form of the common word hot and is related to heat, so it originally meant 'heated' or 'warm'. That's why to be 'het up' means to be 'heated' in feeling — excited or agitated.