Jazzed
What it means
Excited, enthusiastic, and full of anticipatory energy.
Reach for it when using informal American praise for eagerness about a specific event
The students were jazzed about showing their robots to visitors.
Words to choose between 6
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| everyday | |
| warm | |
| professional |
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playful
Fits when motivation and activation are both visible
Careful Fired up can suggest anger or combative energy.
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playful
pumped
Fits when high-energy readiness suits casual speech
Careful Pumped can sound aggressive, athletic, or chemically altered.
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everyday
Fits when readiness to begin matters most
Careful Eager can be quieter and may imply impatience.
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everyday
Fits when high anticipation is the simple supported feeling
Careful Excited can include anxiety and lacks jazzed's upbeat slang.
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warm
Fits when the person is intensely pleased by specific news
Careful Thrilled is stronger and more emotional.
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professional
Fits when positive interest is visible in participation
Careful Enthusiastic is more formal and may be sustained rather than immediate.
Opposites 3
- bored
- unenthused
- apprehensive
Common phrases 3
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jazzed about
The apprentices are jazzed about testing the repaired engine.
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really jazzed
She is really jazzed to hear the quartet's new arrangement.
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get jazzed
Visitors get jazzed when the hidden model begins to move.
Word family 1
Usage notes
Keep in mind
Jazzed is informal, regionally marked, and sometimes means intoxicated or embellished. Excited is clearer in formal prose.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Commander Keane, Australian accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated