distraught, overwrought
(adjective) deeply agitated especially from emotion; “distraught with grief”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overwrought (comparative more overwrought, superlative most overwrought)
Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
Elaborate; overdone.
• (emotional): distraught, overwhelmed, distressed, agitated
• (elaborate): ornate, overdecorated
• (emotional): calm, collected, composed, laid-back, placid, serene, tranquil, untroubled
• (elaborate): austere, bare, conservative, denuded, modest, naked, plain, simple, stark, stripped, uncovered, restrained, subdued, toned-down, unadorned
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*wrought, p. p. & a. from Overwork.
Definition: Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.
O`ver*work", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overworked or Overwrought (; p. pr. & vb. n. Overworking.]
1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor. My days with toil are overwrought. Longfellow.
3. To decorate all over.
O`ver*work", v. t.
Definition: To work too much, or beyond one's strength.
O"ver*work`, n.
Definition: Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
