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View definitions for over-wrought

over-wrought

adjective as in delirious

verb as in abuse

verb as in belabor

verb as in overwork

verb as in overwork

adjective as in delirious

verb as in abuse

verb as in belabor

verb as in overwork

verb as in overwork

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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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