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stoked
[stohkt]
adjective
exhilarated; excited.
intoxicated or stupefied with a drug; high.
stoked
/ əʊ /
adjective
informalvery pleased; elated
really stoked to have got the job
Other 51Թ Forms
- unstoked adjective
Example Sentences
Ongoing raids throughout Los Angeles in Home Depot parking lots, popular food vendor locations and car washes have stoked fear in residents.
Perhaps the bigger achievement than the arrests themselves, advocates say, is the fear that those actions have stoked.
They have also stoked concerns among local officials that the operations are forcing immigrants to hide and will ultimately hurt the local economy.
Fears of a full-scale conflict have been stoked by warnings of "severe punishment" from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and reports of drone launches in response.
In so doing, he stoked the aspirations of no less than The Beatles, establishing a loose rivalry that would reshape the face of popular music in the bargain.
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When To Use
Stoked is a slang adjective that describes someone as being very excited, as in I just heard that my favorite director is making a new movie and I’m already stoked.Less commonly, stoked describes someone being intoxicated or stupefied by drugs.Describing excitement, stoked is often followed by a word like about, to, or that to explain what a person is excited about, as in I’m pretty stoked about the huge graduation party tonight.Stoked can also describe someone as being impaired by drugs, such as by being intoxicated or in a euphoric state, as in We had to take Josh home because he was too stoked to even remember where he lived.Because both of these senses are slang, they generally aren’t used in formal writing. You’re more likely to see them on social media or hear them when talking with your friends.Example: I’m stoked to go to the concert because my favorite band is the headliner.
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