The meaning of Overwrought

adjective

Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

There's no point getting agitated

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

adjective

Nervous because of worry or fear that is difficult to control

Usage examples:

Gordon became visibly agitated when asked about the minimum wage issue., many times the private hos…

adjective

Relating to or denoting a style of european architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. in architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of versailles and by the work of wren in england. major composers include vivaldi, bach, and handel; caravaggio and rubens are important baroque artists.

Usage examples:

Early eighteenth century baroque composer vivaldi was a trained priest who had music in his heart.

noun

The baroque style or period.

Usage examples:

The interior of the church is in lavish baroque

adjective

Relating to the highly decorated style in buildings, art, and music that was popular in europe in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th century

Usage examples:

Baroque architecture

adjective

Having a great deal to do.

Usage examples:

He had been too busy to enjoy himself

verb

Keep oneself occupied.

Usage examples:

She busied herself with her new home

noun

A police officer.

Usage examples:

I was picked up by the busies for possession

adjective

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Usage examples:

Here, however, several contrived situations are grafted into the plot to generate artificial tension.

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Usage examples:

His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

adjective

Unable to concentrate because one is preoccupied by something worrying or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Charlotte seemed too distracted to give him much attention

verb

Prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.

Usage examples:

Don't allow noise to distract you from your work

adjective

Nervous or confused because you are worried about something

Usage examples:

Tania seems very distracted at the moment - i think she's worried about her brother.

adjective

Very worried and upset.

Usage examples:

Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager

adjective

Extremely anxious and upset

Usage examples:

We were all distraught over the loss of our homes in the flood.

adjective

Tense, nervous, or irritable.

Usage examples:

He became edgy and defensive

adjective

Nervous or easily upset

Usage examples:

He paced the hallway looking edgy and impatient.

adjective

Regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality.

Usage examples:

An exaggerated account of his adventures

verb

Represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.

Usage examples:

He was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains

adjective

Seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is

Usage examples:

Exaggerated reports of the problem, the slimming effect of wearing black has been greatly exaggerat…

adjective

Having a red or flushed complexion.

Usage examples:

A stout man with a florid face

adjective

Too red, esp. in a way that is unhealthy

Usage examples:

A florid complexion, a florid architectural style, florid prose/speech

adjective

Distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

Usage examples:

She was frantic with worry

adjective

Done in a very great hurry and often in a state of excitement or confusion

Usage examples:

Rescuers made frantic efforts to dig out people buried by the mudslide., when his wife arrived at t…

adjective

Urgent and involving a lot of activity

Usage examples:

There have been frantic attempts by central banks to restore order on the exchanges., more than 240…

adjective

Wildly excited or uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

A frenzied attack

adjective

Uncontrolled and excited, sometimes violent

Usage examples:

The office was a scene of frenzied activity this morning., as the evening wore on the dancing got m…

adjective

Fastidious about one's needs or requirements; hard to please.

Usage examples:

He is very fussy about what he eats

adjective

Not easily satisfied or pleased; worried or careful about unimportant details

Usage examples:

She’s really fussy about who she goes out with., kevin’s a fussy eater., my new dress is sophistica…

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Usage examples:

Janet became hysterical and began screaming

adjective

Done with great effort and difficulty.

Usage examples:

His breathing was laboured

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

adjective

Needing a lot of effort, often because someone is tired

Usage examples:

Her breathing was heavy and laboured., a laboured joke

adjective

Easily agitated or alarmed.

Usage examples:

A sensitive, nervous person

adjective

Having, caused by, or relating to neurosis.

Usage examples:

Thus, by putting the patient in contact with his phantasy world, psychoanalysis offers a special se…

noun

A neurotic person.

Usage examples:

I wasn't going to be labelled as a hypochondriac or neurotic

adjective

Related to or having unreasonable anxiety or unusual behavior

Usage examples:

A deep-seated neurotic fear of flying

adjective

Containing too much careful detail or too many detailed parts

Usage examples:

The book is spoiled by over-elaborate writing., he refused most of the overelaborate meal, saying t…

verb

To add too many details to something, usually in an effort to make it better, or more interesting or exciting

Usage examples:

Don't overembellish your skills or experience on your cv., i have a tendency to over-embellish with…

adjective

Made to seem more impressive or important than is the case; exaggerated or pretentious.

Usage examples:

His most rhetorically overblown screenplay

adjective

Made to seem more important or bigger than what is really true

Usage examples:

As for the wage gap, davis says it's overblown.

adjective

(of food) overcooked.

Usage examples:

He sat there chewing his overdone steak

verb

Do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate.

Usage examples:

She rather overdoes the early cockney scenes

adjective

(esp. of meat) cooked too long

Usage examples:

The steak was dry and overdone.

adjective

Excessively excited.

Usage examples:

They were forced to hide from overexcited fans who threatened to riot

verb

Excite excessively.

Usage examples:

Playing an active game can overexcite children

adjective

Too ripe; past its best.

Usage examples:

Overripe tomatoes

adjective

Too ripe and starting to decay

adjective

(of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength.

Usage examples:

Overworked nurses do not have time to adequately prepare patients for discharge

verb

Cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.

Usage examples:

Employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost

adjective

Having to work too much

Usage examples:

An overworked civil servant, i'm overworked and underpaid., the article was full of overworked expr…

adjective

Feeling or characterized by uncontrollable fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

I started to feel panicky and breathless

adjective

Feeling suddenly very worried or frightened

Usage examples:

A panicky feeling/expression/action, is he the panicky type?

adjective

Unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.

Usage examples:

The audience grew restless and inattentive

adjective

Moving because you are unable to relax, esp. because you are worried or bored, or (of an activity) having a lot of movement as a characteristic

Usage examples:

He dozed off to a restless sleep., the audience began to get restless., the opposition parties prov…

adjective

Denoting furniture or architecture characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century continental europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork.

Usage examples:

A rococo carved gilt mirror

noun

The rococo style of art, decoration, or architecture.

Usage examples:

Rococo is alive and living in our hearts

adjective

Relating to the very decorated and detailed style in buildings, art, and furniture that was popular in europe in the 18th century

Usage examples:

The collection is known mainly as a treasure-house of the french rococo., rococo remained popular i…

adjective

Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

Usage examples:

Jean's pale, strained face

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

adjective

Nervous, worried, or having problems

Usage examples:

She had a strained expression on her face., a strained knee

adjective

(especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid.

Usage examples:

She tried to relax her tense muscles

verb

Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.

Usage examples:

Her body tensed up

noun

A set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance.

Usage examples:

The future tense