overwrought

o·ver·wrought

O0199100 (ō′vər-rôt′)adj.1. Excessively nervous or excited; agitated.2. Extremely elaborate or ornate; overdone: overwrought prose style.

overwrought

(ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt) adj1. full of nervous tension; agitated2. too elaborate; fussy: an overwrought style. 3. (Art Terms) (and foll by: with) with the surface decorated or adorned

o•ver•wrought

(ˈoʊ vərˈrɔt, ˌoʊ vər-)

adj. 1. extremely excited or agitated. 2. excessively complex or ornate. [1660–70]

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Adj.

1.

overwrought - deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"distraughtagitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

overwrought

adjective1. distraught, upset, excited, desperate, wired (slang), anxious, distressed, tense, distracted, frantic, in a state, hysterical, wound up (informal), worked up (informal), agitated, uptight (informal), on edge, strung out (informal), out of your mind, keyed up, overexcited, in a tizzy (informal), at the end of your tether, wrought-up, beside yourself, in a twitter (informal) When I'm feeling overwrought, I try to take some time out to relax.
distraught controlled, cool, collected, calm, self-contained, unmoved, dispassionate, unfazed (informal), impassive, emotionless2. overelaborate, contrived, overdone, flamboyant, baroque, high-flown, ornate, fussy, flowery, busy, rococo, florid, grandiloquent, euphuistic, overembellished, overornate He writes pretentious, overwrought poetry.

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