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Synonyms for wrought-up

  • adjective

Most common

distressed distraught overwrought

All synonyms

Adjective

worked up informal, overwrought, distressed, distraught, fraught dated

Antonyms

otiose

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    excited, stimulated or agitated;

Example sentences

  • distressed I'm not paying good money for distressed clothes.
  • distraught This child is distraught and may lose his mind.
  • overwrought At the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.

By length

7 letters
fraught1
10 letters
distressed2, distraught2
11 letters
overwrought3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (distressed2 = 2 syllables).