Both Uses of
overwrought
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- The heat in the street was terrible: and the airlessness, the bustle and the plaster, scaffolding, bricks, and dust all about him, and that special Petersburg stench, so familiar to all who are unable to get out of town in summer—all worked painfully upon the young man's already overwrought nerves.†
Chpt 1.1overwrought = emotionally upset
- Such sick dreams always remain long in the memory and make a powerful impression on the overwrought and deranged nervous system.†
Chpt 1.5 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(overwrought as in: overwrought from lack of sleep) emotionally upset
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(2)
(overwrought as in: overwrought special effects) overdone (too elaborate or complicated)