- overwrought adj
- One poor man fell into a blast furnace. He felt a bit overwrought.
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overwrought adj
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overwrought — (adj.) worked up to too high a pitch, 1825, lit. over worked, from OVER (Cf. over) + WROUGHT (Cf. wrought) … Etymology dictionary
overwrought — [adj] exhausted and excited affected, agitated, all shook up*, beside oneself*, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, fired up*, flipped out*, frantic, freaked out*, high*, hot and bothered*, hot under collar*, hyper*, in a state*, keyed up*,… … New thesaurus
overwrought — [ō΄vər rôt′] adj. 1. Archaic overworked; fatigued 2. very nervous or excited 3. with the surface adorned 4. too elaborate; ornate … English World dictionary
overwrought — adj 1. all worked up, all wrought up, beside oneself, not oneself, in a state, in a dither, in a titter, atwitter, Inf. in a tizzy; overexcited, overly excited, all wound up, all keyed up, Sl. choked up; aroused, all stirred up, all whipped up,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
overwrought — adj. 1 overexcited, nervous, distraught. 2 overdone; too elaborate … Useful english dictionary
wrought adj — overwrought adj … English expressions
overwrought — /oh veuhr rawt , oh veuhr /, adj. 1. extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality. 2. elaborated to excess; excessively complex or ornate: written in a florid, overwrought… … Universalium
overwrought — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)rɔ͟ːt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is overwrought is very upset and is behaving in an uncontrolled way. One overwrought member had to be restrained by friends. Syn: distraught … English dictionary
overwrought — o|ver|wrought [ˌəuvəˈro:t US ˌouvəˈro:t] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Old past participle of overwork] very upset, nervous, and worried ▪ Clara was tired and overwrought after all the problems of the last few days … Dictionary of contemporary English
overwrought — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. elaborate, pretentious, ornate; overworked, tired; distraught, hysterical, nervous, frenetic, high strung. See ornament, excitement. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Weary from exhaustion] Syn. affected,… … English dictionary for students
