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overwrought

/oh-ver-rawt, oh-ver-/US // ˈoʊ vərˈrɔt, ˌoʊ vər- //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt) //

过度紧张,过度疲劳,焦头烂额,焦虑不安

Related Words

frantic疯狂的,狂热的,疯狂,狂暴affected受影响的,受影响,受到影响,受到影响的agitated烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,焦躁不安beside oneself魂魂不在自己身边,魂魂不在自己身上,魂魂不散crazy疯狂的,疯狂,疯了,发疯distracted分心,分心的,分心了,分散注意力emotional情绪化,感性,情绪化的,情感excitable兴奋的,激动人心的,激动的,刺激性high高,很高,高度,较高nervous紧张,忐忑不安,紧张的,紧张不安neurotic神经质的,神经质,神经过敏,神经质的人on edge边缘,濒临,边缘化,边缘地带overexcited兴奋过度,兴奋过度的,亢奋的,兴奋过头overworked劳累过度,过度劳累,工作过度,过度疲劳spent用过的,已用过的,用过的东西,已用完的tense紧张的,紧张,紧张兮兮的,紧张的时候tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦uneasy不舒服,不安,不舒服的,不安的unstrung无弦,无弦的,无线,无绳uptight拘谨,拘谨的,拘束,拘谨的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
    • : elaborated to excess; excessively complex or ornate: written in a florid, overwrought style.
    • : Archaic. wearied or exhausted by overwork.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.exhausted and excited
Synonyms
frantic疯狂的,狂热的,疯狂,狂暴affected受影响的,受影响,受到影响,受到影响的agitated烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,焦躁不安all shook up惊心动魄,惊魂未定,振奋人心,惊心动魄的beside oneself魂魂不在自己身边,魂魂不在自己身上,魂魂不散crazy疯狂的,疯狂,疯了,发疯distracted分心,分心的,分心了,分散注意力emotional情绪化,感性,情绪化的,情感excitable兴奋的,激动人心的,激动的,刺激性fired-up火力全开,火热的,火爆的,开火flipped out崩溃了,翻了个底朝天,晕倒了,翻了个身freaked-out吓坏了,惊慌失措,吓坏了的,吓坏了的人high高,很高,高度,较高hot under collar炙手可热,火爆,火热,炙手可热的hot-and-bothered心急吃不了热豆腐,心急如焚,心急火燎的,心急火燎hyper超,超级,超级的,超强的in a state在一个国家,在一个状态下,在一个州,在一个国家中keyed-up抠门的,抠门的人,抠门,抠图nervous紧张,忐忑不安,紧张的,紧张不安neurotic神经质的,神经质,神经过敏,神经质的人on edge边缘,濒临,边缘化,边缘地带overexcited兴奋过度,兴奋过度的,亢奋的,兴奋过头overstrung弦绷得太紧,弦外之音,弦绷得太紧了,弦绷得过紧overworked劳累过度,过度劳累,工作过度,过度疲劳spent用过的,已用过的,用过的东西,已用完的steamed up蒸蒸日上,蒸蒸日上的,蒸气腾腾的,蒸气腾腾stirred搅拌过的,搅拌的,搅拌均匀的,被搅拌的strung-out受挫的,晕倒,困顿的,困顿tense紧张的,紧张,紧张兮兮的,紧张的时候tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦uneasy不舒服,不安,不舒服的,不安的unstrung无弦,无弦的,无线,无绳uptight拘谨,拘谨的,拘束,拘谨的人weary疲惫,疲惫不堪,疲倦,疲乏wired有线,有线的,有线电视,有线路worked-up工作了,加班加点,加班,加班费worn磨损的,破旧的,磨损,穿着的wound-up清盘,缠绕式,缠绕的,清盘的

Examples

  • On Thursday, for example, the New York Times reported that there had been a surge in children being hospitalized with covid-19, precisely the sort of thing that an admittedly overwrought parent doesn’t want to hear.

  • The condition and its ability to cause sudden death in agitated people is often the basis of officers’ claims that overwrought individuals had to be restrained with great force, for their own good.

  • The public and media are consumed with the overwrought judgement of every result.

  • That was the last time the band allowed tepid performances and overwrought production overwhelm an otherwise solid set of songs.

  • Cuse: At first, I was a little apprehensive about jumping into a genre that seemed really overdone and overwrought.

  • Her own records are exceptionally thoughtful, but in the context of pop radio, they can sometimes seem overwrought.

  • By now I'm so overwrought with chi's and fu's and kong's and kung's that my eyes have about crossed.

  • Finally, there was the Donald—who was vastly less overwrought than LaPierre but also vastly less coherent.

  • The effect was that of a bird of Paradise bringing balm to our overwrought nerves.

  • After his music lesson, or after having improvised for any length of time, he was invariably overwrought and excited.

  • He shrewdly suspected that the infinite peace of the landscape would prove the best tonic for her overwrought mind.

  • Was it not merely some illusion of my overwrought and distracted spirit?

  • The child was overwrought, and a sudden dread seized hold of her.

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