Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fired up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: fired up
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very emotional or excited about something (whether positive or negative).

Colloquial

adj

Running or switched on; especially in the moments after just starting.

Colloquial

verb

simple past and past participle of fire up

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Watching the political commentators on cable news channels always gets him fired up."
"Trilo, you seem to really be fired up about all this!!"
"But although AFI (The Blood Album) doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it doesn’t need to: The record illustrates that the members of AFI are deeply committed to forward motion, and remain as fired up now as they were 25 years ago."
"Now that all the ship's boilers were fired up, the voyage was well and truly underway."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more fired up (comparative) most fired up (superlative)

Questions

What does fired up mean?: Very emotional or excited about something (whether positive or negative).

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