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worked-up

adjective as in stoked

adjective as in turned-on

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By the same token, a lot of people who are super worked-up about "cancel culture" are also isolated and anxious about being left behind in a changing world.

From Salon

Hawley, “in a safe space, protected by the officers and the barriers,” according to one police officer, got Trump supporters outside the Capitol worked-up while personally being ushered to safety by security.

She did not hug Lindsey Graham, the preternaturally worked-up Republican senator from South Carolina.

Her best portraits combine areas of worked-up detail — especially hands and faces — with areas intentionally left blank or given only cursory treatment.

But for a worked-up, cult-like base primed by the likes of Pizzagate and QAnon to believe anything, Powell's wild stories about how the election was stolen from Trump make perfect sense.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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