English verb: hype up | |||
1. | hype up (emotion) get excited or stimulated | ||
Samples | The children were all psyched up after the movie. | ||
Examples | The bad news will hype up him, The good news will hype up her | ||
Synonyms | psych up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | ||