hype up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de présenter quelque chose ou quelqu'un comme plus excitant, important ou impressionnant qu'il ne l'est vraiment, souvent par une publicité ou un enthousiasme exagéré.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something or someone seem more exciting, important, or impressive than it really is, often through exaggerated promotion or enthusiasm.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Excite or energizeinformal

   To make someone very excited or enthusiastic about something.

   Exciter, donner de l'enthousiasme

   • The coach hyped up the team before the big game.
   • She hyped up the crowd with her energetic speech.
   • They hyped up the new product launch with a big event.

   Synonymesagitateenergizeexcitefire upgalvanizeinspiremotivatestimulatework up

   Antonymescalmquietsoothesubdue

2. Exaggerate or promoteinformal

   To promote or talk about something in an exaggerated way to generate interest.

   faire mousser

   • The media hyped up the movie as the best of the year.
   • He hyped up his achievements to impress the interviewers.
   • Don't believe everything they say; they just hype it up for sales.

   Synonymesballyhooboostbuild upplugpromotetout

   Antonymesdownplayminimizeunderstate

Verbe de basehype