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

"It's not rational behaviour - I can't explain why we get so het up."

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2021

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

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018

Barack Obama has been het up about electronic record keeping since the day he was elected.

From Time • Mar. 14, 2013

I’ll get them ’tatoes het up in a mite.”

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.