overwrought

o·ver·wrought  (vr-rôt)

adj.

1. Excessively nervous or excited; agitated.

2. Extremely elaborate or ornate; overdone: overwrought prose style.

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overwrought [ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt]

adj

1. full of nervous tension; agitated

2. too elaborate; fussy an overwrought style

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (often postpositive and foll by with) with the surface decorated or adorned

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o•ver•wrought (ˈoʊ vərˈrɔt, ˌoʊ vər-)

adj.

1. extremely excited or agitated.

2. excessively complex or ornate.

[1660–70]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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

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overwrought

adjective

1. 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, emotionless

2. overelaborate, contrived, overdone, flamboyant, baroque, high-flown, ornate, fussy, flowery, busy, rococo, florid, grandiloquent, euphuistic, overembellished, overornate He writes pretentious, overwrought poetry.

Translations

overwrought [ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt] ADJ to be overwrought → estar crispado

overwrought [ˌəʊvə^rˈrɔːt] adj → à cran, à bout

overwrought

adj

person → überreizt

(= too elaborate) style → überfeinert, verkünstelt

overwrought [ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt] adj → estremamente agitato/a