All 4 Uses of
overwrought
in
The Lords of Discipline
- The world transformed into a gauzy overcast fog empire, and my eyes could no longer focus on the overwrought faces that attacked me from all sides.†
Chpt 2.16 *overwrought = emotionally upset
- But they accepted my melancholy as some distorted mirror image of my overwrought flights of euphoria.†
Chpt 3.22
- You're overwrought and sticking your nose in a place it shouldn't be.†
Chpt 4.37
- Nouns and verbs, nouns and verbs, and occasionally, to satisfy my own simple lust, I would throw in a delicious, overwrought adjective or two.†
Chpt 4.41
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)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In architecture, furniture, or art, overwrought can also mean that something is decorated on the surface.