Overwrought
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adjective.
Excessively nervous or excited; agitated.
adjective.
Extremely elaborate or ornate; overdone.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Worked too hard or too much.
Worked up or excited to excess; overexcited: as
overwrought
feelings, imagination, etc.
Worked all over; covered with decorative work: as, a garment
overwrought
with embroidered flowers.
Labored or elaborated to excess; overdone.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
past participle.
Wrought upon excessively; overworked.
past participle.
Extremely agitated or excited; overexcited; -- of people.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger; Extremely tense, anxious, or upset; filled with emotion, emotional; uneasy
adjective.
elaborate; overdone
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adjective.
deeply agitated especially from emotion
Word Usage
"Best of all, she's got a playful sensibility that keeps the covers from getting bogged down in overwrought gravitas, no matter the subject."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
austere
bare
calm
collected
composed
Equivalent
agitated
Etymologically Related
adorned
beautified
bedecked
bossed
chased
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Lot
Mayotte
Wat
begot
bought
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
deranged
disordered
distraught
excitable
feverish
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Gongoresque
Johnsonian
affected
aggrandized
agitated
verb-stem
overwork