Hype and Special

Hype

Hype adjective - Of the very best kind.
Usage example: a couple of the tracks on the album feature some really hype vocals

Special and hype are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Hype".

Nearby Words: hyped, hyping

Special

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Hype and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hype" instead an adjective "Special".

Both words in one sentence

  • Filmmaker Lawrence Woolsey uses the hype and fear surrounding the events in Cuba to promote a special showing his latest horror movie in Key West, Florida. (Matinee)
  • Izzy's Quest For Olympic Gold, a TNT animated special that aired in 1995 as part of the hype surrounding the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • One of the villains (a cult leader) from an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit started to believe his own hype and go a bit A God Am I.
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