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[ oh-ver-rawt, oh-ver- ] / ˈoʊ vərˈrɔt, ˌoʊ vər- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR overwrought ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality. elaborated to excess; excessively complex or ornate: written in a florid, overwrought style. Archaic. wearied or exhausted by overwork. Origin of overwroughtFirst recorded in 1660–70; over- + wrought SYNONYMS FOR overwrought1 overexcited, worked up, wrought up, distracted, frantic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR overwrought ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby overwroughtoverword, overwore, overwork, overworn, overwrite, overwrought, overzealous, Oveta, Ovett, ovi-, ovicidal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overwroughtThat was the last time the band allowed tepid performances and overwrought production overwhelm an otherwise solid set of songs. U2 Generously Gives Us a Lousy Album, Sucks at the Corporate Teat|Hampton Stevens|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Cuse: At first, I was a little apprehensive about jumping into a genre that seemed really overdone and overwrought. Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’|Andrew Romano|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST By now I'm so overwrought with chi's and fu's and kong's and kung's that my eyes have about crossed. The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou|John Ed Bradley|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST There has got to be a way to size up a new smartphone without devolving into the most overwrought tech clichés on the Internet. The World’s Most Sarcastic Product Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. iPhone|Winston Ross|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But efforts to call the legislation the “end of labor unions” are overwrought. One Tough Nerd—Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s Pragmatic Labor Stance|John Avlon|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Charging it up to an overwrought imagination and chiding himself for a silly chump he moved on. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp|Thornton W. Burgess But is it a remembrance, or only a chimera of my own overwrought brain struggling with a subject it will not let drop? Hand and Ring|Anna Katharine Green When we're overwrought, imagination's like a lantern swinging in the wind, changing the size of everything every second. She continued to rave wildly until the potent drug took effect on her overwrought system and produced a deep, unnatural slumber. The Bride of the Tomb and Queenie's Terrible Secret|Mrs. Alexander McVeigh Miller Across it flit the agonies, the joys, of the modern anmic, overwrought woman. Iconoclasts|James Huneker
British Dictionary definitions for overwrought
adjectivefull of nervous tension; agitated too elaborate; fussyan overwrought style (often postpositive and foll by with) with the surface decorated or adorned Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to overwroughtfrantic, affected, agitated, beside oneself, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, high, nervous, neurotic, on edge, overexcited, overworked, spent, tense, tired, uneasy, unstrung, uptight |