Synonyms for overwrought

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh-ver-rawt, oh-ver-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˈrɔt, ˌoʊ vər-

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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