psyched up
Ready and eager
Psyched up means mentally prepared and energized for a challenge or event.
The term suggests building excitement and focus before something demanding: The team was psyched up for the championship game.
You can psych yourself up or be psyched up by others.
The opposite—to psych someone out—means to intimidate or unnerve them.
- adrenalizedFlooded with fight-or-flight hormones
- adrenaline rushIntense sudden excitement
- worked upEmotionally aroused, upset
- fired upExtremely enthusiastic and motivated
- keyed upNervously excited, tense
energized · pumped up · get hyped · excited · wired · motivated · enthused · exhilarated · amped · on fire · stoked · charged · determined · eager · visualizing · ready · confident · thrilled
- mood idiomsbad mood, black mood, dark mood, foul mood, in a mood
psyched upcalm
Free from agitation
relaxed · wound down · subdued · mellow · tranquil
psyched uppsyched out
Undermined someone's confidence
discouraged · demoralized · deflated · disheartened · indifferent
psyched upindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
apathetic · unmotivated · disinterested · unenthusiastic · blasé
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