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
- 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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