hung upadj.

/ˈhʌŋʌp/

Forms: Also hung-up.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to hang up (to hang up 4 at hang v. Phrasal verbs).

1. Put into abeyance, delayed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed

remiss?1518

adjourned1538

delayed1548

long-delayed1548

lag1552

prorogued1552

dilated1556

lagging1597

retardate1598

fristeda1600

lagged1602

retarded1636

deferred1651

prorogatory1672

lated1676

postponed1819

protracted1838

suspended1848

put-off1871

hung up1878

held1906

1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 18 Dec. 426 Others..find..their logs ‘hung up’ for want of water to float them.

2. Confused, bewildered, mixed-up. Also hung-up on, obsessed with, preoccupied with (cf. also quot. 1961). slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]

yblenta1225

amazed?c1225

wory?c1225

mingedc1275

willc1300

distracta1340

confounded1362

confuse1362

distraitc1374

whapedc1374

wilsomea1375

poseletc1390

distraught1393

perplexa1425

wildc1440

wiltc1440

dodemusydc1450

mistedc1450

unclearc1475

mazed1493

perplexeda1500

traversablea1500

mazyc1525

entangled1561

muddy?1571

distraughted1572

moidered1587

wondering1592

puzzled1598

plundered1601

distracted1604

uncollected1613

wildered1642

turbid1647

tosticated1650

fuddled1656

pixie-led1659

puzzling1692

bumbazed1720

maffled1820

obfuscated1822

confused1825

muddly1829

mystified1833

maze1842

obfusticatedc1844

head-scratching1849

clueless1862

flustery1862

befogged1868

deurmekaar1871

mosy1887

skewgee1890

buggered-up1893

confusticated1898

smock-ravelled1904

messed-up1913

screwed-up1943

hung up1945

lost1967

gravelled-

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > routine > acting in a routine way

jog-trot1766

routinist1847

groove-going1880

groovy1882

hung up1945

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > absorbed, engrossed

absolute1483

rapta1500

wrapped1548

full1578

bewrapped1589

immerse1626

wholehearted1644

undistracted1659

absorpt1697

wrapped (up) in1711

deep1735

absorbed1763

undiverted1798

unindifferent1813

whole-souled1821

absorbing1825

wrapped1884

hung-up on1966

1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 156/1 Hung up, from the American—where personal catastrophe is referred to by this phrase.]

1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 21/1 All hung up, completely bewildered.

1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. vii. 44 A waitress..slightly hung-up on a few sexual difficulties which..I think you can manage, you fine gone daddy you.

1958 New Statesman 6 Sept. 294/2 Helping each other in those phases in which they are ‘hung up’.

1961 F. J. Rigney & L. D. Smith Real Bohemia p. xv Hung up, to be, one's behavior is ‘stuck’ in one pattern.

1966 Sunday Times 13 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 35/4 Hung up, obsessed, cf. ‘he is hung up on that girl’.

1966 New Statesman 1 Apr. 458/3 The U.S. is ‘hung up’, paralysed into inaction because it cannot reconcile the political goal of uniting Germany with the ideological necessity of maintaining Western Europe as an anti-communist fortress.

1968 Word Study Feb. 5/2 American students of poetry have been hung up on the lines ever since.

1969 It 11 Apr. 13/4 How we manage to generate so many good things on this hung-up, repressed little island I simply don't know.

1970 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 9/2 You get so hung-up with the place you feel like going out and smashing something.

1971 New Scientist 4 Mar. 485/2 Roszak is very hung up on the power that science grants.

1971 B. Malamud Tenants 54 He was more than a little hung up, stupid from lack of sleep, worried about his work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	hung up
释义	hung upadj. /ˈhʌŋʌp/ Forms: Also hung-up. Etymology: < verbal phrase to hang up (to hang up 4 at hang v. Phrasal verbs). 1. Put into abeyance, delayed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed remiss?1518 adjourned1538 delayed1548 long-delayed1548 lag1552 prorogued1552 dilated1556 lagging1597 retardate1598 fristeda1600 lagged1602 retarded1636 deferred1651 prorogatory1672 lated1676 postponed1819 protracted1838 suspended1848 put-off1871 hung up1878 held1906 1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 18 Dec. 426 Others..find..their logs ‘hung up’ for want of water to float them. 2. Confused, bewildered, mixed-up. Also hung-up on, obsessed with, preoccupied with (cf. also quot. 1961). slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective] yblenta1225 amazed?c1225 wory?c1225 mingedc1275 willc1300 distracta1340 confounded1362 confuse1362 distraitc1374 whapedc1374 wilsomea1375 poseletc1390 distraught1393 perplexa1425 wildc1440 wiltc1440 dodemusydc1450 mistedc1450 unclearc1475 mazed1493 perplexeda1500 traversablea1500 mazyc1525 entangled1561 muddy?1571 distraughted1572 moidered1587 wondering1592 puzzled1598 plundered1601 distracted1604 uncollected1613 wildered1642 turbid1647 tosticated1650 fuddled1656 pixie-led1659 puzzling1692 bumbazed1720 maffled1820 obfuscated1822 confused1825 muddly1829 mystified1833 maze1842 obfusticatedc1844 head-scratching1849 clueless1862 flustery1862 befogged1868 deurmekaar1871 mosy1887 skewgee1890 buggered-up1893 confusticated1898 smock-ravelled1904 messed-up1913 screwed-up1943 hung up1945 lost1967 gravelled- the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > routine > acting in a routine way jog-trot1766 routinist1847 groove-going1880 groovy1882 hung up1945 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > absorbed, engrossed absolute1483 rapta1500 wrapped1548 full1578 bewrapped1589 immerse1626 wholehearted1644 undistracted1659 absorpt1697 wrapped (up) in1711 deep1735 absorbed1763 undiverted1798 unindifferent1813 whole-souled1821 absorbing1825 wrapped1884 hung-up on1966 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 156/1 Hung up, from the American—where personal catastrophe is referred to by this phrase.] 1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 21/1 All hung up, completely bewildered. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. vii. 44 A waitress..slightly hung-up on a few sexual difficulties which..I think you can manage, you fine gone daddy you. 1958 New Statesman 6 Sept. 294/2 Helping each other in those phases in which they are ‘hung up’. 1961 F. J. Rigney & L. D. Smith Real Bohemia p. xv Hung up, to be, one's behavior is ‘stuck’ in one pattern. 1966 Sunday Times 13 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 35/4 Hung up, obsessed, cf. ‘he is hung up on that girl’. 1966 New Statesman 1 Apr. 458/3 The U.S. is ‘hung up’, paralysed into inaction because it cannot reconcile the political goal of uniting Germany with the ideological necessity of maintaining Western Europe as an anti-communist fortress. 1968 Word Study Feb. 5/2 American students of poetry have been hung up on the lines ever since. 1969 It 11 Apr. 13/4 How we manage to generate so many good things on this hung-up, repressed little island I simply don't know. 1970 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 9/2 You get so hung-up with the place you feel like going out and smashing something. 1971 New Scientist 4 Mar. 485/2 Roszak is very hung up on the power that science grants. 1971 B. Malamud Tenants 54 He was more than a little hung up, stupid from lack of sleep, worried about his work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1878
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