Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'overwrought':
Extremely elaborate or ornate; overdone.
Excessively nervous or excited; agitated.
Synonyms of word 'overwrought' :
distraught
Usage of the word 'overwrought' in Sentences :
When Hammond announced the result, Sergeant Petersen got a little... overwrought.
Giving in marriage These observations may seem overwrought in the context of the Internet.
And I'm again so overwrought sharing truth; The gain is sold into dispute.
No specialist of Chinese history myself, I nonetheless found the claims a little too sensational and the writing too overwrought in places.
Usage of the word 'overwrought' in popular media :
Washington Post —
“cad can lead to excessively complex,
overwrought building designs - form for form's sake.....
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Wall Street Journal —
“"he's an excellent cook," vazquez said of her husband, who finally and mercifully arrived in new york this week after months of
overwrought drama.....
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