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overwrought
adjective
(o-ver-wrought)
deeply agitated especially from emotion
Synonyms:
distraught
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agitated
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jumpy
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theatrical
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nervous
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head
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maudlin
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pretentious
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sappy
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cliched
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stilted
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formulaic
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hysterical
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preachy
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unaffecting
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overfamiliar
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overdetermined
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pedantic
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toneless
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elegiac
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rhapsodic
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banal
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reductive
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morose
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nabokovian
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artless
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unenlightening
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obtuse
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perfunctory
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prolix
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unhinged
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dostoevskian
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mealymouthed
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talky
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gushy
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unfocused
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mirthless
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tremulous
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quavery
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scattershot
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affectless
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hitchcockian
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melancholic
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somnambulistic
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pantomimic
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overripe
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vacuous
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overwrought
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