lit up

comparative more lit up · superlative most lit up

1. Illuminated.

   On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.

   1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703

   Synonyms: lighted, luminous, thrilled, worked up

2. slangExhilarated, excited; showing signs of emotion.

   2010, Jeff Somners, The Terminal State Her thin, pretty face was lit up with an ancient sort of rage.

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   You wondered what she would be like when she was lit up. Excited, I mean; not tight.

   1998, Josephine Tey, The Franchise Affair, page 97

   2005, Jim Greer, James Greer, Steven Soderbergh, Guided by Voices: a brief history I don't know if Bob remembers the whole thing either; he was pretty lit up.

   Synonyms: ebullient

3. slangUnder the influence of alcohol or drugs, intoxicated, buzzed.

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of light up