overwrought
overwrought · more overwrought · most overwrought
перевозбуждённый
überdreht, aufgeregt
Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upsetExcessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
/əʊ.vəˈɹɔːt/
» At the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.
Meaning
2 sensesExcessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
Elaborate; baroque; overdone.
überdreht, aufgeregt
перевозбуждённыйperevozbuždjónnyj
More definitions
- deeply agitated especially from emotion
Examples
2 sentencesAt the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.
I hate how documentaries dramatise moments in history with overwrought music and B-list actors.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
elaborate; overdone:
in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger:
Origin
Past participle of overwork; equivalent to over- + wrought.Past participle of overwork; equivalent to over- + wrought.
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Forms
more overwrought, most overwrought| Comparative | more overwrought Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most overwrought Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonymselaborate:ornateC2overdecorated
emotional:distraughtoverwhelmeddistressedagitatedwrought-upstrung
Close in meaning
- deeply agitated especially from emotion:distraught
Antonyms
23 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedoverwroughtness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form