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Overwrought

adjective

/əʊ.vəˈɹɔːt/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.adjectiveExcessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.

2.adjectiveElaborate; overdone.

Synonyms

ornate overdecorated agitated distraught distressed overwhelmed jumpy desperate overworked head theatrical nervous

Antonyms

austere bare conservative denuded modest naked plain restrained simple stark stripped subdued

Rhymes With

fraught distraught taut onslaught hot trot knot thought

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