wound-up

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wound-up

adjective more wound-up · most wound-up

brought to a state of great tension
Similar: aroused, tense

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adj tense

Русский	взвинченный vzvinčennyj, накрученный nakručennyj

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@misc{wound_up_2026,
  title = {wound-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wound-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}