OVERWROUGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overwrought mean? 

• OVERWROUGHT (adjective)
  The adjective OVERWROUGHT has 1 sense:

1. deeply agitated especially from emotion

  Familiarity information: OVERWROUGHT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERWROUGHT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deeply agitated especially from emotion

Synonyms:

distraught; overwrought

Context example:

distraught with grief

Similar:

agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)

 Context examples 

Forgive this weakness, Mr. Holmes, I have been a little overwrought.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You are overwrought and perhaps over-anxious.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It comes from nervousness, from an overwrought mind.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I had come up on deck for a breath of fresh air and to try to get some repose for my overwrought nerves.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He used to suck my finger regular, the darn little cuss—that finger right there! And Skiff Miller, too overwrought for speech, held up a fore finger for them to see.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

My poor darling's brain had told her the significance of the fact as quickly as her nerves received the pain of it; and the two so overwhelmed her that her overwrought nature had its voice in that dreadful scream.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)