If you say that someone is hung upabout a particular person or thing, you are criticizing them for thinking or worrying too much about that person or thing.
[informal, disapproval]
It was a time when people weren't so hung-up about health. [+ about/on]
Are you really that hung up on her?
hung up in British English
slang
a.
impeded by some difficulty or delay
b.
in a state of confusion; emotionally or psychologically troubled
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hung up in British English
(hʌŋ ʌp)
adjective informal
1. hung up on
2.
impeded by some difficulty or delay
I am hung up at the station.
3.
in a state of confusion; emotionally disturbed
He was hung up.
In other languages
hung up
British English: hung up ADJECTIVE
If you say that someone is hung up about a particular person or thing, you are criticizing them for thinking or worrying too much about that person or thing.
It was a time when people weren't so hung-up about health.