het

Slang for straight

Het is the past tense of heat in some dialects: She het up the soup.

More commonly, het up means agitated or angry: Don't get all het up about it.

Separately, het is slang for heterosexual, used as both noun and adjective: het people, a het romance subplot.

The slang term is neutral, common in LGBTQ+ contexts.

agitated

angry

Feeling strong displeasure

upsetDisturb, topple, or shock
worked upEmotionally aroused, upset
riledMade irritated or angry

provoked · inflamed · incensed · enraged · furious · irate · livid · seething · fuming · wrathful

heated

warm

Moderately heated, or friendly

warmedIncreased in temperature
warmingIncreasing in temperature
temperatureMeasured heat intensity

thermal · flushed · feverish · burning · scorching · sweltering · sultry · tropical · torrid · boiling

archaic

named

Given an identifying label

calledContacted by phone
commandedGave authoritative instructions
promisedGave one's word

ordained · bade · vowed · pledged · decreed · summoned

Categories

Dutch Pronounsu, we, ze, hem, hun
Tok Pisinem, gat, long, mi, save
doujinshifan comics, circles, circle, derivative works, original works
fanspeakOTP, ship, fic, fanfic, fanfiction
Name Particlesvon, van, da, el, ben
reptile morphsalbino, hypo, melanistic, normal, pastel

Opposites

sexual orientation

hetgay

Attracted to same sex

homosexual · queer · lesbian · bi · bisexual

cultural/community position

Unusual or non-normative

LGBTQ+ · gay · rainbow · out · closeted

Phrases

het upInformally angry or excited

Family

hot, heat, heated, heating, heater, reheat, heats, overheated, reheating

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