英语词汇“overwrought”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

overwrought

/əʊvəˈrɔːt

adjective

1In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety: she was too overwrought to listen to reason...

She had looked forward to his return after a long absence; she had been in a nervous overwrought state after her husband's death and her health was not good.
Add to these the author's overwrought imagination, which refuses to settle for the number of persons the vehicle can safely carry.
She dismissed the thought as the result of her overwrought imagination, but it was all she could do not to run the last few steps to her cell.

Synonyms

tense, agitated, nervous, on edge, edgy, keyed up, worked up, highly strung, neurotic, overexcited, beside oneself, distracted, distraught, under a strain, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, panicky, restless, jittery, fidgety, jumpy;

British nervy

informal in a state, in a tizzy, uptight, twitchy, wound up, wired, het up

British informal throwing a wobbly, strung up, stressy, swivel-eyed

2(Of a piece of writing or a work of art) too elaborate or complicated in design or construction: a pseudo-Gothic church far too overwrought for such a small town overwrought prose...

The award for most overwrought writing about snow goes to…
Some overwrought writing mars an otherwise sharp and insightful exploration of homophobia in the deep South.
On the other hand, the straight-ahead rock, soul and Eurodance is the overwrought work of a man who should know better.

Synonyms

excessively ornate, over-ornate, over-elaborate, over-embellished, overblown, overripe, exaggerated, overdone, florid, busy, fussy, contrived, overworked, strained, laboured, baroque, rococo

Origin

Late Middle English: archaic past participle of overwork.

单词	overwrought
释义	overwrought /əʊvəˈrɔːt / adjective 1In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety: she was too overwrought to listen to reason... She had looked forward to his return after a long absence; she had been in a nervous overwrought state after her husband's death and her health was not good. Add to these the author's overwrought imagination, which refuses to settle for the number of persons the vehicle can safely carry. She dismissed the thought as the result of her overwrought imagination, but it was all she could do not to run the last few steps to her cell. Synonyms tense, agitated, nervous, on edge, edgy, keyed up, worked up, highly strung, neurotic, overexcited, beside oneself, distracted, distraught, under a strain, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, panicky, restless, jittery, fidgety, jumpy; British nervy informal in a state, in a tizzy, uptight, twitchy, wound up, wired, het up British informal throwing a wobbly, strung up, stressy, swivel-eyed 2(Of a piece of writing or a work of art) too elaborate or complicated in design or construction: a pseudo-Gothic church far too overwrought for such a small town overwrought prose... The award for most overwrought writing about snow goes to… Some overwrought writing mars an otherwise sharp and insightful exploration of homophobia in the deep South. On the other hand, the straight-ahead rock, soul and Eurodance is the overwrought work of a man who should know better. Synonyms excessively ornate, over-ornate, over-elaborate, over-embellished, overblown, overripe, exaggerated, overdone, florid, busy, fussy, contrived, overworked, strained, laboured, baroque, rococo Origin Late Middle English: archaic past participle of overwork.
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