overwrought

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(ō'vər-rôt') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Excessively nervous or excited; agitated.
  2. Extremely elaborate or ornate; overdone: overwrought prose style.

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adj

Definition: exhausted and excited
Antonyms: calm, collected, cool, laidback, rested, unruffled

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Too tense and nervous.

pronunciation During the stormy night with 50 campers, the counselors felt overwrought.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - overanstrengt, overspændt

Nederlands (Dutch)
overspannen, overladen (met details), buitensporig

Français (French)
adj. - à bout de nerfs, surmené

Deutsch (German)
adj. - überreizt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σε υπερένταση ή υπερδιέγερση, υπερβολικά περίτεχνος, παραδουλεμένος, παρακουρασμένος, τσακισμένος, με τεντωμένα νεύρα

Italiano (Italian)
sovreccitato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - extenuado pelo excesso de trabalho, superexcitado

Русский (Russian)
задерганный, вычурный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sobreexcitado, agitado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utarbetad, överansträngd, överspänd, utstuderad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
过度紧张的, 过劳的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 過度緊張的, 過勞的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 너무 긴장한, 과로한, 전면으로 수놓은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 緊張しすぎた, 興奮しすぎた, 凝り過ぎた, 張り詰めた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منمق, في حاله عصبيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרוט-עצבים, נרגש, סחוט, עייף, מעובד או עשוי יותר מדי‬


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