overwrought

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   simple past and past participle of overwork

2. 2

   Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset

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

3. 3

   Elaborate

   Elaborate; baroque; overdone.

   • Her book includes an incisive discussion of misogyny on the New Right. [Laura K.] Field notes how “gynocracy” and “the longhouse” have become overwrought MAGA epithets for an unbearably feminized and pluralist society.

The neighborhood

• antonymcalmantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymcollectedantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymcomposedantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymlaid-backantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymplacidantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymsereneantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymtranquilantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymuntroubledantonym(s) of “emotional”
• antonymaustereantonym(s) of “elaborate”
• antonymbareantonym(s) of “elaborate”
• antonymconservativeantonym(s) of “elaborate”
• antonymdenudedantonym(s) of “elaborate”