torqued up
Fastened with rotation
Torqued up means tightened with rotational force, as with a bolt or nut: Make sure the lug nuts are properly torqued up.
Figuratively, it describes someone who is wound tight emotionally—angry, agitated, or intensely worked up: He got all torqued up about the parking ticket.
The mechanical image of twisting force carries into the emotional sense.
- tightenedMade more secure
- torsionRotational strain force
- excitedEagerly anticipating something
- worked upEmotionally aroused, upset
- all wound upExtremely tense, agitated
adjusted · agitated · exhilarated · wound up · bolted · rotated · amped · keyed up · tense · stressed · pumped · anxious · twisted · geared · revved · cranked · jittery · calibrated
mechanical tightness
torqued uploose
Not firmly secured
loosened · hand-tight · untightened · slack · finger-tight