overwroughtnessn.
/ˌəʊvəˈrɔːtnəs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɔtnəs/, /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrɑtnəs/ The state of being overwrought; an overwrought condition.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
1923 W. Deeping Secret Sanctuary xxii. 229 He..poured out a glass of white wine for Stretton, sensing the man's overwroughtness, and noticing the tense mouth and the troubled eyes.
1957 Conflict Resolution 1 75/2 Treatment measures to relieve any personal overwroughtness.
1993 R. J. Zboray Fictive People x. 137 Such excessive particularity has become part of the caricature of the time [sc. the early Victorian period], along with prudery, sentimentality, overwroughtness,..and resounding self-righteousness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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