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over-wrought
adjective as in labored
adjective as in nervous
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adjective as in neurotic
adjective as in overwrought
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- affected
- agitated
- all shook up
- beside oneself
- crazy
- distracted
- emotional
- excitable
- fired-up
- flipped-out
- freaked-out
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hot under collar
- hot-and-bothered
- hyper
- in a state
- 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
adjective as in rhetorical
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- articulate
- aureate
- bombastic
- declamatory
- eloquent
- embellished
- euphuistic
- exaggerated
- flamboyant
- flashy
- florid
- fluent
- glib
- grand
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high-flown
- hyperbolic
- imposing
- inflated
- magniloquent
- mouthy
- ornate
- ostentatious
- overblown
- overdone
- overwrought
- pompous
- pretentious
- showy
- silver-tongued
- sonorous
- stilted
- swollen
- tumescent
- tumid
- turgid
- verbose
- voluble
- windy
adjective as in showy
adjective as in tense
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adjective as in upset
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adjective as in beside oneself
adjective as in worried
adjective as in troubled
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adjective as in madding
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- agitated
- angry
- at wit's end
- berserk
- beside oneself
- corybantic
- crazy
- delirious
- deranged
- distraught
- excited
- flipped-out
- fraught
- freaked-out
- frenetic
- frenzied
- furious
- hectic
- hot and bothered
- hot under the collar
- hyper
- hysterical
- in a stew
- in a tizzy
- insane
- mad
- out of control
- overwrought
- panic-stricken
- rabid
- raging
- raving
- shook-up
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
- violent
- weird
- weirded out
- wigged out
- wild
- wired
- worked-up
- zonkers
adjective as in splurgy
adjective as in affected
adjective as in delirious
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adjective as in disgusted
adjective as in distraught
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adjective as in emotional
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adjective as in exaggerated
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adjective as in excited
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adjective as in explosive
adjective as in feverish
adjective as in flowery
adjective as in frantic
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adjective as in frenetic
adjective as in garish
adjective as in anxious
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adjective as in hysterical
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verb as in overdo
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verb as in overplay
verb as in abuse
verb as in strain
verb as in tax
verb as in tire
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verb as in belabor
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verb as in wear
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verb as in weary
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verb as in burn the midnight oil
verb as in ill-treat
verb as in ill-use
verb as in tire out
verb as in drive
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verb as in exhaust
adjective as in labored
adjective as in nervous
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adjective as in neurotic
adjective as in overwrought
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- affected
- agitated
- all shook up
- beside oneself
- crazy
- distracted
- emotional
- excitable
- fired-up
- flipped-out
- freaked-out
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hot under collar
- hot-and-bothered
- hyper
- in a state
- 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
adjective as in rhetorical
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Weak matches
- articulate
- aureate
- bombastic
- declamatory
- eloquent
- embellished
- euphuistic
- exaggerated
- flamboyant
- flashy
- florid
- fluent
- glib
- grand
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high-flown
- hyperbolic
- imposing
- inflated
- magniloquent
- mouthy
- ornate
- ostentatious
- overblown
- overdone
- overwrought
- pompous
- pretentious
- showy
- silver-tongued
- sonorous
- stilted
- swollen
- tumescent
- tumid
- turgid
- verbose
- voluble
- windy
adjective as in showy
adjective as in tense
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adjective as in upset
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adjective as in beside oneself
adjective as in worried
adjective as in troubled
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adjective as in madding
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- agitated
- angry
- at wit's end
- berserk
- beside oneself
- corybantic
- crazy
- delirious
- deranged
- distraught
- excited
- flipped-out
- fraught
- freaked-out
- frenetic
- frenzied
- furious
- hectic
- hot and bothered
- hot under the collar
- hyper
- hysterical
- in a stew
- in a tizzy
- insane
- mad
- out of control
- overwrought
- panic-stricken
- rabid
- raging
- raving
- shook-up
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
- violent
- weird
- weirded out
- wigged out
- wild
- wired
- worked-up
- zonkers
adjective as in splurgy
adjective as in affected
adjective as in delirious
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adjective as in disgusted
adjective as in distraught
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adjective as in emotional
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adjective as in exaggerated
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adjective as in excited
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adjective as in explosive
adjective as in feverish
adjective as in flowery
adjective as in frantic
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adjective as in frenetic
adjective as in garish
adjective as in anxious
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adjective as in hysterical
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verb as in overdo
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verb as in overplay
verb as in abuse
verb as in strain
verb as in tax
verb as in tire
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verb as in belabor
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verb as in wear
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verb as in weary
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verb as in burn the midnight oil
verb as in ill-treat
verb as in ill-use
verb as in tire out
verb as in drive
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Example Sentences
Other celeb websites quickly repeated the over-the-top language, making Michaele look every bit of an over-wrought drama queen.
She did not know the meaning of over-wrought nerves, nor the difficulties of a nature more imaginative than her own.
And she slammed the front door viciously as a slight vent to her over-wrought feelings.
Agreeably to this over-wrought manner, he was reckoned, I believe, not quite so bold as he might have been.
A strange sound, half laugh and half cry, broke from the lips of the over-wrought Mrs. Dowson.
Beyond the door there seemed to his over-wrought imagination a strange and stealthy unrest.
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On this page you'll find 1918 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over wrought, such as: arduous, awkward, clumsy, contrived, ponderous, and strained.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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