At the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.
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Overwrought
//əʊ.vəˈɹɔːt//
Synonyms for "overwrought" (152 found)
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Closest matches (31)
ornateaffectedaggrandizedagitatedamplifiedarabesqueballyhooedbaroquebedizenedbesidebig-soundingbusychichiconvoluteddeclamatorydeliriousdisproportionatedistracteddistraughtedgy
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (76)
labyrinthinelexiphanicloftyluridluxuriantluxuriousmagnifiedmagniloquentmelodramaticmeretriciousmoresquenervousneuroticon edgeorotundostentatiousovercomeoverdoneoverdrawnoverelaborate
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overelegantoveremphasizedoveremphaticoverestimatedoverexcitedovergreatoverinvolvedoverlaboredoverlargeovermasteredoverpoweredoverpraisedoversoldoverstatedoverstrainedoverstressedoverwhelmedoverworkedpedanticpicturesquepompouspretentiouspretty-prettyprodigalprofusepuffedpuffed uprhetoricalrichrococosensationalsensationalisticsententiousshowysonorousstiltedstretchedstrung outsuperlativetalltensetheatricaltortuoustouchytoutedupsetuptightwound up
Adjective(8 words)
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Translations
23 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- възбуден adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- претрупан adj (elaborate; overdone)
- развълнуван adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
Czech
2 entries- nervózní adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- podrážděný adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
Dutch
4 entries- buitensporig adj (elaborate; overdone)
- geagiteerd adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- nerveus adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- overdreven adj (elaborate; overdone)
Esperanto
1 entries- superfortita adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
Finnish
2 entries- hermostunut adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- kiihtynyt adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
German
2 entries- aufgeregt adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- überdreht adj (elaborate; overdone)
Italian
4 entries- alterato adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- elaborato adj (elaborate; overdone)
- ricercato adj (elaborate; overdone)
- sovraeccitato adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
Portuguese
1 entries- alterado adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
Russian
1 entries- перевозбуждённый adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
Spanish
3 entries- nerviosisimo adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- rabioso adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
- sobrexitado adj (in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I hate how documentaries dramatise moments in history with overwrought music and B-list actors.
Source: tatoeba (9676916)
It is clearly overwrought, and I do not think a lot of people are buying the message, but that does not prevent the president from trying.
Source: tatoeba (11552411)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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