OVERWROUGHT


Meaning of OVERWROUGHT in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|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

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