het up

[het] / hɛt /

ADJECTIVE

very upset

Synonyms

WEAK

burning hot and bothered hot under the collar indignant irate upset

Example Sentences

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So why has the Chanel version gotten people so het up?

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021

“What’s the good of rushin’? No use in gettin’ all het up an’ sweaty.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018

Too many people get het up on tech ability and believe if they talk like a purist that they know more about the game.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2014

So they do seem quite het up about it, which I think is stupid and depressing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013

Don't let's get all het up over this.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various