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Overwrought

//əʊ.vəˈɹɔːt//

Synonyms for "overwrought" (138 found)

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General use (119)

Adj, noun, verb(5 words)

upset tense overcome affected flaunting

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

Adjective(49 words)

extravagant lurid fulsome nervous sensational luxurious labyrinthine sonorous pedantic feverish pompous meretricious tortuous luxuriant excessive pretentious sententious delirious flashy florid

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Adj, verb(24 words)

elaborate excited disproportionate profuse inflated stilted overdone overwhelmed distracted labored convoluted magnified exaggerated overelaborate bedizened puffed up ornate amplified overpowered overworked

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overstated ballyhooed overstressed overexcited

Adj, noun(13 words)

superlative prodigal tall gaudy theatrical flamboyant frantic rhetorical rococo orotund frenetic Johnsonian moresque

Adj, name(1 words)

Noun, verb(1 words)

Adv, prep(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

high flown high flying high sounding big-sounding high-flowing in a twitter

Verb(11 words)

aggrandized wound up stretched overestimated overdrawn touted overemphasized overmastered overpraised overlabored overstrained

Adj, adv(1 words)

Noun(1 words)

Prep_phrase(3 words)

on edge in a tizzy in a dither

Informal (19)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(5 words)

elegant flowery highfalutin neurotic uptight

Adj, slang(3 words)

showy touchy edgy

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(2 words)

puffed strung out

Noun, slang(1 words)

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