het up
In a state
Het up means agitated, upset, or worked into an emotional state.
The phrase usually suggests the emotion is excessive or unnecessary: Don't get all het up about it.
Het is a dialectal past tense of heat, so someone het up has been heated—their temper raised.
The expression is informal and somewhat folksy.
Made irritated or angry
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
- incensedExtremely angry
- irateExtremely angry
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
seething · infuriated · enraged · indignant · outraged · worked up · steamed · ticked off
Nervously upset and confused
- frazzledMentally and physically depleted
- worked upEmotionally aroused, upset
- wound upConcluded or agitated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
rattled · unnerved · on edge · keyed up · in a state · bothered · distressed · disconcerted
riled
Made irritated or angry
livid · seething · infuriated · enraged · indignant · outraged · worked up · steamed · ticked off · bent out of shape
flustered
Nervously upset and confused
- frazzledMentally and physically depleted
- worked upEmotionally aroused, upset
- wound upConcluded or agitated
overwrought · rattled · unnerved · on edge · keyed up · in a state · bothered · distressed · disconcerted · perturbed
fired up
Extremely enthusiastic and motivated
buzzing · stoked · enthusiastic · eager · animated · energized · raring to go · psyched · keyed up · jazzed
het upunbothered
Not disturbed or concerned
unperturbed · unfazed · indifferent · unconcerned · nonchalant
het upcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
collected · cool-headed · unflappable · level-headed · even-tempered
heat, heated, heterogeneous, heterodox, heterosexual, heterodoxy, heating up, heated up