overwrought
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overwrought
- /əʊ.vəˈɹɔːt/ UK
Sounds like overraught
Where it comes from
Past participle of overwork; equivalent to over- + wrought.
verb
- simple past and past participle of overwork
adjective more overwrought · most overwrought
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Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
Similar: distraught, overwhelmed, distressed, agitated, strung, wrought-up
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Elaborate; baroque; overdone.
Gated, gilded and gaudy, they have sprung up all over China: overwrought government buildings erected at vast public expense, and in stark contrast to the shoddy state of so many homes and schools. In style they range from modernist brutalism to Versailles kitsch.
Similar: ornate, overdecorated
Opposite: calm, collected, composed, laid-back, placid, serene, tranquil, untroubled, austere, bare, conservative, denuded, modest, naked, plain, simple, stark, stripped, uncovered, restrained, subdued, toned-down, unadorned
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adj in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
| Español | nerviosisimo, sobrexitado, rabioso |
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| Português | alterado |
| Deutsch | aufgeregt |
| Italiano | sovraeccitato, alterato |
| Русский | перевозбуждённый perevozbuždjónnyj |
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