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overwrought

Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈrɔːt/

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Definition of overwrought

adjective

  • 1in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety:she was too overwrought to listen to reason
  • 2(of a piece of writing or a work of art) too elaborate or complicated in design or construction: a pseudo-Gothic church far too overwrought for such a small town overwrought prose

Origin:

late Middle English: archaic past participle of overwork

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