overwrought

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overwrought
- IPA[ˌōvə(r)ˈrôt]
美式
- adj.
  
  in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety；(of a piece of writing or a work of art) too elaborate or complicated in design or construction
- 釋義
adj.
形容詞
1. in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety she was too overwrought to listen to reason 同義詞 tense, agitated, nervous, on edge, edgy, ... 更多keyed up, worked up, highly strung, neurotic, overexcited, beside oneself, distracted, distraught, under a strain, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, panicky, restless, jittery, fidgety, jumpy, nervy, informalin a state, in a tizzy, uptight, twitchy, wound up, wired, het up, throwing a wobbly, strung up, stressy, swivel-eyed反義詞 calm, cool, laid-back
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 同義詞 excessively ornate, overornate, overelaborate, over-embellished, overblown, ... 更多overripe, exaggerated, overdone, florid, busy, fussy, contrived, overworked, strained, labored, baroque, rococo反義詞 plain, understated
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overwrought
IPA[ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt]
英式
adj.
in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety: she was too overwrought to listen to reason
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