| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rȯt, usu -ȯd.+V adjective
Etymology: from past participle of overwork (I)
1. : suffering from or revealing nervous strain : overexcited, agitated
an unsteady overwrought voice — Lester Atwell
tell overwrought businessmen to get a hobby — Doyle Smee & Kenneth Smith
2. : elaborated to excess : overdone
the slightly overwrought epigrammatic style — A.L.Guérard