Usage of "pumped-up" | TermGallery

Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline.

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Usage of pumped-up in English

For months, they have been a magnet for pumped-up supporters and critics alike. 
 The Guardian 

Still, nothing signals underlying unhappiness and self-loathing more than a pumped-up, frozen physiognomy. 
 The Guardian 

Two pumped-up gnomes having it out in a zero G chamber. 
 Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code 

Her anger against Ambrose was, at the best, a pumped-up affair. 
 The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest 

The administration has not said how much Trump's pumped-up July Fourth celebration will cost. 
 Reuters 

But pumped-up valuations suggest the health drive will be expensive. 
 Reuters 

The bear was like a pumped-up muscle only waiting the chance to be used. 
 Amberville 

A pumped-up Samuels went topless and had to be restrained by his team mates. 
 Reuters 

He had created a super-mouse with genetically modified, pumped-up muscles. 
 The Guardian 

A succession of roman candles went up amid booms, blasts, and a pumped-up soundtrack. 
 Murder most frothy 

Any moment now, a pumped-up athlete is going to shimmy in, feinting and shadow boxing. 
 The Irish Times 

A pumped-up public opposition had to be smoothed over. 
 The Titan 

It is a wall of pumped-up and damaged flesh. 
 The Guardian 

He doesn't have a lot of pumped-up indignation. 
 Wired 

Why do you think some pumped-up, bleach-blond, West Coast chick is gonna pucker up for me? 
 Brain jack 

All mouth and pumped-up aggression, and very confrontational. 
 The Irish Times 

Meanings of pumped-up in English