Adjective: hyped
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Very excited or enthusiastic about something
"The fans were hyped up for the concert, lining up hours before the doors opened";
- hyped up [informal]
- Publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner
"The company hyped their new product as a revolutionary breakthrough";
- hype up
- Make or become excited or stimulated
"The children were all hyped up after the movie";
- hype up, psych up [informal]
Type of: agitate, air, bare, charge, charge up, commove [archaic], excite, publicise [Brit], publicize, rouse, turn on
Encyclopedia: Hyped
Hype, James