keyed up

Adjective

Meaning

keyed up (comparative more keyed up, superlative most keyed up)

(colloquial) Nervous; worried.
She was all keyed up about the interview.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

keyed-up

Synonyms

restless tense strained worried anxious uneasy shaken frantic taut edgy febrile apprehensive uptight fidgety stressed

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Antonyms

placid unruffled composed controlled collected steady

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Examples

A miserable line-up of the poor boys who were so keyed up, psychologically traumatized that they could not help but wet their beds. Source: Internet

ETA: When we got home, we were so keyed up from the experience that we needed to decompress in our own ways. Source: Internet

Beecham House is keyed up. Source: Internet

Options traders were keyed up following the report. Source: Internet

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