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Antonyms for overwrought
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : oh-ver-rawt, oh-ver- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˈrɔt, ˌoʊ vər- |
Definition of overwrought
Origin :- "worked up to too high a pitch," 1825, literally "over-worked," from over- + wrought. Earlier it meant "exhausted by work" (1660s) as a literal past participle of overwork.
- adj exhausted and excited
- He remembered that she was overwrought, and made no answer to her complaint.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- So overwrought was she that she even thought of seeking the aid old Joe had proffered.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But that was just a first impression springing from overwrought nerves.
- Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
- I am nervous and overwrought, but I will regain my self-control.
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- He can not easily believe it to be simply a chimera of an overwrought brain.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- To our overwrought imaginations this sounded a little ominous.
- Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
- Was it not merely some illusion of my overwrought and distracted spirit?
- Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
- Freddie noted this evidence of an overwrought soul with concern.
- Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
- As to Frederik Grimm:—Frederik, we know, was nervous and overwrought.
- Extract from : « The Return of Peter Grimm » by David Belasco
- As a man of science, I attribute the whole thing to an overwrought imagination.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
Synonyms for overwrought
- affected
- agitated
- all shook up
- beside oneself
- crazy
- distracted
- emotional
- excitable
- fired-up
- flipped out
- frantic
- freaked-out
- high
- hot under collar
- hot-and-bothered
- hyper
- in a state
- keyed-up
- nervous
- neurotic
- on edge
- overexcited
- overstrung
- overworked
- spent
- steamed up
- stirred
- strung-out
- tense
- tired
- uneasy
- unstrung
- uptight
- weary
- wired
- worked-up
- worn
- wound-up
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