hung up on

ADJECTIVE

frustrated

Synonyms

STRONG

balked crabbed cramped crimped defeated discontented discouraged disheartened embittered foiled irked stonewalled stymied

WEAK

fouled-up resentful through the mill ungratified unsated unslaked up the wall

Antonyms

WEAK

encourage fulfilled inspirited stimulated uplifted

ADJECTIVE

obsessed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

captivated dominated haunted preoccupied troubled

STRONG

bedeviled beset bewitched controlled dogged engrossed fixated gripped harassed held hooked infatuated overpowered plagued possessed prepossessed seized tormented

WEAK

eat, sleep, and breathe fiendish have on the brain immersed in into really into taken over tied-up turned on up to here in wound up with wrapped up in

Antonyms

STRONG

disenchanted

WEAK

indifferent unconcerned

Example Sentences

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A woman who identified herself as Sheryl Sokoloff hung up on a Times reporter last week when asked about the race expenditures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“Too many CPOs are getting so hung up on: what does this agent do, what does this AI do?” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

They thought he was still hung up on getting even with the government.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

It doesn’t pay to get too hung up on price-to-earnings multiples, he says, because the trading range for stock earnings multiples has shifted higher, quite possibly permanently.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 4, 2025

She was getting particular about how everything she wore had to be hung up on a hanger just so.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

hung up on

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