worked up

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worked up

adj

agitated or excited

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Adj.

worked up - (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

excited, emotional, aroused

agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

worked up

adjective

Feeling a very strong emotion:

atingle, excited, fired up, thrilled.

Informal: psyched.

Slang: stoked, turned-on.

Translations

aufgebracht

emozionato irritato nervoso

worked up

[ˌwɜːktˈʌp] adj to get worked up → andare su tutte le furie
don't get all worked up! → non agitarti tanto!

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A review of extensively worked up cases at the cardiac arrhythmia center of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, found that the etiology remained unknown in more than a third.