OVERWROUGHT

adj. 1 tense, nervous, jittery, jumpy, fidgety, touchy, in a dither or twitter, all a-twitter, overexcited, on edge, over-stimulated, frantic, frenetic, distracted, Brit strung up, US strung out, Colloq (all) worked up, edgy, in a tizzy, wound up, uptight They were quite overwrought worrying about the children's safety 2 overworked, ornate, elaborate, baroque, rococo, florid, flowery, fussy, ostentatious, busy, gaudy, garish Some of the Victorian houses were characterized by overwrought gingerbread decoration A few of his poems are overwrought and difficult to digest.