Grade 8

overwrought (o-ver-wrought)

Definition


adjective.
1 disturbed by excessive worry or agitation 2 excessively decorated

Example Sentence

He was overwrought from hearing the bad news.

Synonyms

agitated; frantic; frenzied; neurotic

Antonyms

calm

Rhymes

  • aught
  • brought
  • faught
  • fought
  • fraught
  • gaut
  • haught
  • haut
  • laut
  • maute
  • naught
  • ot
  • ought
  • plaut
  • rought
  • snot
  • sought
  • taught
  • taut
  • thought
  • traut
  • vaught
  • vought
  • wat
  • wrought

  • ayotte
  • begot
  • cadotte
  • distraught
  • guillotte
  • lamotte
  • lezotte
  • lizotte
  • marcotte
  • marotte
  • mayotte
  • mcnaught
  • picotte
  • pilotte
  • reshot
  • rethought
  • sicotte
  • turcotte

  • overbought
  • overwrought