keyed up
keyed up · more keyed up · most keyed up
Nervous; worriedNervous; worried.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)Nervous; worried.
She was all keyed up about the interview.
Origin
From the phrasal verb key up.From the phrasal verb key up.
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Forms
more keyed up, most keyed up| Comparative | more keyed up Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most keyed up Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.