Overwrought
11overwrought — 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 …
12overwrought — adjective very upset, nervous, and worried: Clara was tired and overwrought after the upheavals of the last few days …
13overwrought adj — One poor man fell into a blast furnace. He felt a bit overwrought …
14overwrought — adjective Etymology: past participle of overwork Date: 1638 1. extremely excited ; agitated 2. elaborated to excess ; overdone …
15overwrought — adjective a) in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger; Extremely tense, anxious, or upset; filled with emotion, emotional; uneasy b) elaborate; overdone Syn: distraught, overwhelmed, distressed, agitated, ornate, overdecorated… …
16overwrought — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, aggrandized, amplified, arabesque, ballyhooed, baroque, bedizened, big sounding, busy, chichi, convoluted, declamatory, disproportionate, distracted, edgy, elaborate, elegant,… …
17overwrought — 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,… …
18overwrought — o|ver|wrought [ ,ouvər rɔt ] adjective extremely emotional or upset …
19overwrought — əʊvÉ™ rÉ”Ët adj. excessively elaborate; overworked, exhausted; having frayed nerves; excited …
20overwrought — adjective 1》 in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety. 2》 (of a piece of writing or a work of art) too elaborate or complicated in design or construction. Origin ME: archaic past participle of overwork …
