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overwrought

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əʊ.vəˈɹɔːt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: overraught
  • CMU ARPABET: OW2 V ER0 R AO1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Elaborate; baroque; overdone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of overwork

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

deeply agitated especially from emotion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • distraught with grief

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distraught

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Past participle of overwork; equivalent to over- + wrought.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: развълнуван (razvǎlnuvan) — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Bulgarian: възбуден (vǎzbuden) — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Czech: podrážděný — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Czech: nervózní — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Dutch: geagiteerd — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Dutch: nerveus — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Esperanto: superfortita — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Finnish: kiihtynyt — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Finnish: hermostunut — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • German: aufgeregt — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Italian: sovraeccitato — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Italian: alterato — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Portuguese: alterado — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Russian: перевозбуждённый (perevozbuždjónnyj) — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Spanish: nerviosisimo — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Spanish: sobrexitado — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Spanish: rabioso — in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger
  • Bulgarian: претрупан (pretrupan) — elaborate; overdone
  • Dutch: overdreven — elaborate; overdone
  • Dutch: buitensporig — elaborate; overdone
  • German: überdreht — elaborate; overdone
  • Italian: ricercato — elaborate; overdone
  • Italian: elaborato — elaborate; overdone