All 3 Uses of
overwrought
in
Anna Karenina
- You are so distressed, so overwrought, that you look at many things mistakenly.†
Part 1 *
- "You are ill and overwrought," he said; "believe me, you're exaggerating dreadfully.†
Part 4
- He saw the old princess too, flushed and overwrought, with her gray curls in disorder, forcing herself to gulp down her tears, biting her lips; he saw Dolly too and the doctor, smoking fat cigarettes, and Lizaveta Petrovna with a firm, resolute, reassuring face, and the old prince walking up and down the hall with a frowning face.†
Part 7
Definition:
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(overwrought as in: overwrought from lack of sleep) emotionally upset