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overwroughto‧ver‧wrought /ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt◂ $ ˌoʊvəˈrɒːt◂/ adjective overwroughtOrigin: 1600-1700 Old past participle of overwork - an overwrought performance
- Cecile was emotionally overwrought.
- After the show, one was left trying to figure out what the overwrought applause was really all about.
- But our existence, while prosperous, is overwrought and banal.
- Coleridge in such cajoling and overwrought spirits was not to be thwarted, and Poole sensibly gave up all further resistance.
- Constantly overwrought, sometimes embarrassing in her alcohol and pharmaceutical-induced sorrows, Leo could have been a typical Almodovar comic heroine.
- He shook his head in disgust at his own overwrought imagination.
- Was this all just a matter of runaway credulity, mass hysteria, or overwrought salesmanship?
- Yoshimoto, however, is a legitimate storyteller, and avoids the overwrought sentiment that forces a reader to cry unwilling tears.
very upset, nervous, and worried: Clara was tired and overwrought after all the problems of the last few days. |