adj. in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger; Extremely tense, anxious, or upset; filled with emotion, emotional; uneasy
adj. elaborate; overdone
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
past-participle. Wrought upon excessively; overworked.
past-participle. Extremely agitated or excited; overexcited; -- of people.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Worked too hard or too much.
Worked up or excited to excess; overexcited: as overwrought feelings, imagination, etc.
Worked all over; covered with decorative work: as, a garment overwrought with embroidered flowers.
Labored or elaborated to excess; overdone.
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adj. deeply agitated especially from emotion
Word Usage
"I would be so excited about my latest acquisition that I would start to read in the car a habit that always triggered my motion sickness, but I didn't care, and then, the second I got home, sign my name in overwrought cursive on the inside cover."