Antonyms for hanged up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hang

Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ

Definition of hanged up

Origin : a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.

As in inconvenience : verb bother, trouble
As in inhibit : verb restrict, prevent
As in interfere : verb meddle, intervene
As in mire : verb delay, catch up in
As in obstruct : verb prevent, restrict
As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
As in quit : verb abandon, leave
As in quit : verb stop doing something
As in resign : verb give up responsibility
As in restrict : verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate
As in retard : verb hinder, obstruct
As in set back : verb delay, hinder
As in shelve : verb defer, postpone
As in spite : verb offend, hurt
As in step down : verb resign
As in stop : verb bring or come to a halt or end
As in stymie : verb frustrate, hinder
As in suspend : verb hang from above
As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
As in block : verb obstruct
As in bog down : verb stick; become stuck
As in handcuff : verb hamper
As in hog-tie : verb hamper
As in incommode : verb inconvenience
As in detain : verb hold, keep back; arrest
As in embarrass : verb cause mental discomfort
As in encumber : verb bother, burden
As in fetter : verb tie up, hold
As in finish : verb bring to a conclusion; get done
As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
As in frustrate : verb thwart, disappoint
As in hamper : verb impede, restrict
As in hobble : verb cripple, restrict
As in impede : verb obstruct, hinder

Example sentences :

I could have had him hanged up by the neck—hanged like a dog—but I never did.
Extract from : « The Cock and Anchor » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.
Extract from : « The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version » by Various

Of the fugitives, the men were either scourged back by the Spaniards into the city, or hanged up along the road-side.
Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete » by John Lothrop Motley

Some were hanged up by their thumbs, others by the head, and burning things were hung on to their feet.
Extract from : « The Serf » by Guy Thorne

St. Philip was hanged up against a pillar at Hieropolis, a city of Phrygia.
Extract from : « One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed » by C. A. Bogardus

The child's saying was also, in Latin verses, written in a table which was hanged up there.
Extract from : « An English Garner (4 of 8) » by Various

Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.
Extract from : « History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) » by G. Maspero

M. B. Would you not be glad, if their spirits were hanged up with them, to have a gown furred with some of their skins?
Extract from : « Witch, Warlock, and Magician » by William Henry Davenport Adams

Two countrymen were ‘bound together with cords, and hanged up by their thumbs to a tree, there to hang all night.’
Extract from : « History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3 » by Henry Thomas Buckle

Synonyms for hanged up

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