Definition of "pumped-up" [pumped-up]

• Inflated (adjective)
• Raised by pumping (adjective)
• Tense with excitement or enthusiasm (adjective)

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• "Was it because its warts-and-all portrayal of a pumped-up Dubai culture was too morally complicated for the group to digest?"
• "The pumped-up image he wore for the BitUSA tour was a result of the workouts his doctor suggested would help him through his three -, sometimes four-hour shows."
• "It revelled in being artificial and theatrical, with columns or arches supporting nothing, pumped-up cornices and weighty-looking rustication that sounded hollow when you tapped it."