overwrought

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in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger; Extremely tense, anxious, or upset; filled with emotion, emotional; uneasy
elaborate; overdone
{a} labored too much, too fine
Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited
Someone who is overwrought is very upset and is behaving in an uncontrolled way. One overwrought member had to be restrained by friends. very upset, nervous, and worried (Old past participle of overwork)
{s} excessively elaborate; overworked, exhausted; having frayed nerves; excited
deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"
overwrought
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