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What (who) is overwrought - definition
Overwrought
·- of Overwork.
II. Overwrought ·p.p. & ·adj Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.
overwrought
Someone who is overwrought is very upset and is behaving in an uncontrolled way.
One overwrought member had to be restrained by friends.
ADJ
overwrought
a.
1.
Overdone, elaborated too much.
2.
Over-excited, excessively stirred.
Examples of use of overwrought
1. Weir himself makes intricate paintings that hark back to the excess of death–obsessed, overwrought Victoriana.
2. First, the only songs available are enka, the wailing, overwrought ballads so beloved of oldsters.
3. Old people must not be pressured into premature death by overwrought relatives.
4. They described beatings, manhandling and insults by overwrought police officers and soldiers.
5. A hushed semicircle formed around a man in a baseball cap, a man overwrought with grief.