Antonyms for worked up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wurkt-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜrktˈʌp

Definition of worked up

Origin : Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).
Work is less boring than amusing oneself. [Baudelaire, "Mon Coeur mis a nu," 1862]
In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.

verb stimulate

Example sentences :

It is not necessary that all of the fondant be worked up at once.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The latter was worked up by the chafing speeches of the Marshal.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

I should think a mother had cause to be worked up over an accident like that.
Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

A Frenchman all through, from the way he got worked up over Alsace-Lorraine.
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

The Indians were now worked up to a condition of irresponsible madness.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

A look showed him that some gravel had worked up into an old sore.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

And I could just hug you for being so worked up in the interests of the 211 League.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

It's the way reputations are worked up for fortune-tellers by the faithful.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

I know it's hard at first—but—getting yourself all worked up is bad for you.
Extract from : « The Straw » by Eugene O'Neill

The nobles are worked up in their ship, as well as the humblest reefer of them all.
Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for worked up

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