het up
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Emotionally agitated, upset, or excited: Used to describe a state of being very worked up, often due to anger, anxiety, or intense excitement.
- Made warm or hot: A dialectal or informal variant of 'heated', meaning warmed up. This usage is less common.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Emotionally agitated):
- She got all het up about the minor scheduling error.
- Don't get so het up; it's just a game.
- The manager was het up over the missed deadline.
Adjective (Made warm):
- The room was nicely het up by the fireplace. (Note: 'heated' is standard; 'het up' here is dialectal/informal.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be het up over/about something": To be excessively agitated, angry, or worried about a specific issue.
- He's terribly het up over the recent policy changes.
- There's no need to get het up about a little rain.
Variants and Related Words
- Heated (adj): Made hot; also describes a discussion or argument that is intense and angry.
- a heated debate
- Agitated (adj): Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.
- Worked up (adj): Very upset or excited. (This is a close synonym for the primary meaning of 'het up').
Synonyms
- Upset
- Agitated
- Flustered
- Riled up
- In a state
Related Phrases
- All het up: An emphatic form, meaning very agitated.
- By the time he arrived, he was all het up and couldn't think straight.
Notes on Usage
- The term 'het up' is informal and often carries a slightly humorous or dismissive tone, suggesting the agitation is excessive or unnecessary.
- The second meaning ("made warm") is considered a dialectal variant of 'heated' and is rarely used in standard modern English. The primary and almost exclusive contemporary use is for emotional agitation.
Adjective
- worked up emotionally by anger or excitement
- was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle
- got really het up over the new taxes
- he was suddenly het up about racing cars
- made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
- a heated swimming pool
- wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana
- he was all het up and sweaty