overwrought

Adjective Satellite

• deeply agitated especially from emotion

Verb

Verb Forms: overwrought, overworked, overworking, overworks

• Past tense or participle of 'overwork'; excessively elaborate or agitated.
• simple past and past participle of overwork

Adj

• Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
• Elaborate; baroque; overdone.

Examples

• After a five-hour Scrabble marathon, the player was overwrought and tired.

Synonyms

distraught, agitated, distressed, ornate, overdecorated, overwhelmed, strung, wrought-up

Antonyms

austere, bare, calm, collected, composed, conservative, denuded, laid-back, modest, naked, placid, plain, restrained, serene, simple, stark, stripped, subdued, toned-down, tranquil, unadorned, uncovered, untroubled

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