Antonyms for jazzed
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : jaz |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒæz |
- asleep
- be honest
- block
- bore
- calm
- careless
- dampen
- delay
- deny
- depress
- deter
- discourage
- dishearten
- dissuade
- drowsy
- dull
- foolish
- halt
- ignorant
- inattentive
- incautious
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- lazy
- let go
- lethargic
- neglect
- negligent
- release
- reveal
- slow
- sluggish
- stop
- stupid
- tell truth
- thoughtless
- tire
- unaware
- uneducated
- unintelligent
- unobservant
- unwired
- weary
Definition of jazzed
Origin :- by 1912, American English, first attested in baseball slang; as a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (cf. Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.
- If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society. ["Étude," Sept. 1924]
- All that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939.
- As in wired : adj excited
- As in open-eyed : adj alert
- As in alert : adj attentive, lively
- As in pretend : verb fake, falsify
- As in stimulate : verb excite, provoke
- He was feeling thoughtful, and buzzed from the sleepless night, and jazzed from his conversation with Death Waits.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
Synonyms for jazzed
- act
- activate
- active
- affect
- all ears
- allege
- animate
- arouse
- assume
- be deceitful
- be hypocritical
- beguile
- bluff
- bright
- build a fire under
- cagey
- careful
- cheat
- circumspect
- claim
- claim falsely
- clever
- commove
- counterfeit
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- dupe
- dynamize
- edgy
- elate
- encourage
- energize
- enliven
- exhilarate
- fake out
- fan
- fast on the draw
- feign
- fire
- fire up
- fish
- foment
- fool
- foster
- fudge
- galvanize
- get one going
- get one started
- goad
- good hands
- grab
- heads up
- heedful
- hip
- hoodwink
- hook
- impel
- impersonate
- incite
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- instigate
- intelligent
- jazz
- jazzed
- jive
- juice
- key up
- lay claim
- let on
- make out
- malinger
- masquerade
- mislead
- motivate
- move
- observant
- on guard
- on one's toes
- on the ball
- on the job
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- pass off
- pass oneself off as
- perceptive
- perk
- pique
- prod
- profess
- prompt
- psyched up
- pumped-up
- purport
- put on
- put up a front
- quick
- quicken
- ready
- rouse
- send
- set up
- sham
- sharp
- shuck and jive
- simulate
- spark
- spirit
- spirited
- spur
- steam up
- stimulated
- stir up
- stoked
- stonewall
- sucker
- support
- switched on
- trigger
- turn on
- urge
- vigilant
- vitalize
- vivify
- wake up
- wakeful
- wary
- watchful
- whet
- whitewash
- wide-awake
- wired
- wise
- with it
- work up
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