Highwrought

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Highly excited; overwrought; worked up. archaic, not-comparable

    "The downy cloth of our meeting mounts was now of real use to break the violence of the tilt; and soon, too soon indeed! the highwrought agitation, the sweet urgency of this to-and-fro friction, raised the titillation on me to its height"

Synonyms

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intoxicate

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"The downy cloth of our meeting mounts was now of real use to break the violence of the tilt; and soon, too soon indeed! the highwrought agitation, the sweet urgency of this to-and-fro friction, raised the titillation on me to its height"

Etymology

From high + wrought.

Related phrases

worked up

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