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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

overbearing emotional excitement or nervousness;

e.g. She was overwrought upon seeing him at the alter, patiently waiting for his bride to join him.

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Similar Words

Agitated

Arabesque

Atingle

Chichi

Excited

Feverish

Florid

Frenzied

Fretful

Fussy

Gingerbread

Heated

Hectic

Hyperactive

Meretricious

Ornate

Overactive

Overbright

Overexcited

Souped-up

Wired

Zooty

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Opposite Words

Bald

Bare

Calm

Collected

Composed

Conservative

Cool

Coolheaded

Exposed

Low-key

Minimalist

Modest

Muted

Naked

Placid

Plain

Plain-vanilla

Quiet

Quieter

Repressed

Restrained

Serene

Sober

Subdued

Tasteful

Toned-down

Tranquil

Unadorned

Unassuming

Uncovered

Undecorated

Understated

Undisturbed

Unflamboyant

Unflashy

Unobtrusive

Unornamented

Unperturbed

Unpretentious

Unshaken

Untroubled

Unworried

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Related Words

Afire

Aflutter

Anxious

Aquiver

Arabesque

Arresting

Atingle

Baroque

Bejeweled

Bodacious

Bold

Brilliant

Catchy

Commanding

Complex

Complicated

Conspicuous

Detailed

Dramatic

Edgy

Elaborate

Embossed

Embroidered

Emphatic

Emphatically

Extravagant

Extreme

Flamboyant

Flaring

Flashy

Flowery

Garish

Gaudy

Gilt

Grabby

High-strung

Hyper

Intricate

Involved

Jittery

Jumpy

Lacy

Loud

Nervous

Nervy

Noisy

Noticeable

Ostentatious

Overexcited

Perturbed

Pretentious

Prominent

Pronounced

Razzle-dazzle

Remarkable

Rococo

Showy

Spectacular

Splashy

Striking

Swank

Tawdry

Tense

Troubled

Uneasy

Unquiet

Upset

Uptight

Wired

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