All 4 Uses of
overwrought
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Her still overwrought nerves, her excitement and agitation, lent beautiful Marguerite Blakeney much additional charm: escorted by a veritable bevy of men of all ages and of most nationalities, she called forth many exclamations of admiration from everyone as she passed.†
Chpt 12overwrought = emotionally upset
- her nerves were overwrought, and she saw signs and mysteries in the most trivial coincidences.†
Chpt 19 *
- Overwrought nature had at last peremptorily asserted herself, and she lay there in a dead swoon: her eyes circled by deep purple lines, that told of long, sleepless nights, her hair matted and damp round her forehead, her lips parted in a sharp curve that spoke of physical pain.†
Chpt 30
- So strange, that Marguerite, wearied, overwrought as she was, thought that the beneficial unconsciousness of the approach of death was playing her half-sleeping senses a weird and elusive trick.†
Chpt 31
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)