overwrought

overwrought
Synonyms and related words:
Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, aggrandized, amplified, arabesque, ballyhooed, baroque, bedizened, big-sounding, busy, chichi, convoluted, declamatory, disproportionate, distracted, edgy, elaborate, elegant, elevated, euphuistic, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, fidgety, fine, flamboyant, flaming, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, frantic, frenetic, frilly, fulsome, fussy, garish, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, grandisonant, high-flowing, high-flown, high-flying, high-sounding, high-wrought, highfalutin, hyperbolic, in a dither, in a tizzy, in a twitter, inflated, inkhorn, inordinate, jittery, jumpy, labored, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, lofty, lurid, luxuriant, luxurious, magnified, magniloquent, meretricious, moresque, nervous, on edge, ornate, orotund, ostentatious, overcome, overdone, overdrawn, overelaborate, overelegant, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overexcited, overgreat, overinvolved, overlabored, overlarge, overmastered, overpowered, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstrained, overstressed, overwhelmed, overworked, pedantic, picturesque, pompous, pretentious, pretty-pretty, prodigal, profuse, puffed, rhetorical, rich, rococo, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious, showy, sonorous, stilted, stretched, strung out, superlative, tall, tense, tortuous, touchy, touted, upset, uptight, wound up

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  • Overwrought — O ver*wrought, p. p. & a. from {Overwork}. 1. Wrought upon excessively; overworked. [1913 Webster] 2. Extremely agitated or excited; overexcited; of people. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overwrought — index demonstrative (expressive of emotion), frenetic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overwrought — (adj.) worked up to too high a pitch, 1825, lit. over worked, from OVER (Cf. over) + WROUGHT (Cf. wrought) …   Etymology dictionary

  • overwrought — [adj] exhausted and excited affected, agitated, all shook up*, beside oneself*, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, fired up*, flipped out*, frantic, freaked out*, high*, hot and bothered*, hot under collar*, hyper*, in a state*, keyed up*,… …   New thesaurus

  • overwrought — ► 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. ORIGIN archaic past participle of OVERWORK(Cf. ↑overwork) …   English terms dictionary

  • overwrought — [ō΄vər rôt′] adj. 1. Archaic overworked; fatigued 2. very nervous or excited 3. with the surface adorned 4. too elaborate; ornate …   English World dictionary

  • overwrought — /oh veuhr rawt , oh veuhr /, adj. 1. extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality. 2. elaborated to excess; excessively complex or ornate: written in a florid, overwrought… …   Universalium

  • Overwrought — Overwork O ver*work , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overworked}or {Overwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overworking}.] 1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overwrought — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)rɔ͟ːt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is overwrought is very upset and is behaving in an uncontrolled way. One overwrought member had to be restrained by friends. Syn: distraught …   English dictionary

  • overwrought — adjective 1) she was too overwrought to listen Syn: tense, agitated, nervous, on edge, edgy, keyed up, worked up, high strung, neurotic, overexcited, beside oneself, distracted, distraught, frantic, hysterical; informal in a state, in a tizzy …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • overwrought — 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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