worked upadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌwɜːkt ˈʌp/us/ˌwɝːkt ˈʌp/upset or very excited about something:
It's easy to get worked up when you're tired and everything seems to be against you.
He was very worked up about seeing his family again after so many years.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ant
- antsy
- at the end of your tether idiom 1
- at the end of your tether
- be in a whirl idiom
- explosive
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collar idiom
- hyper
- hyperactive
- hysteria
- hysterics
- sensitive
- shock
- squeamishly
- stomach
- tether
- thin-skinned
- touchy
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