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Definition of Overwrought

Overwrought
Overwork O`ver*work", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overworkedor Overwrought; p. pr. & vb. n. Overworking.] 1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse. 2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor. My days with toil are overwrought. --Longfellow. 3. To decorate all over.
Overwrought
Overwrought O`ver*wrought, p. p. & a. from Overwork. Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.

Meaning of Overwrought from wikipedia

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- worked in were on the cutting edge of modernity, doing away with many overwrought elements of the Victorian era while serving the elite of society. The...
- 2016. Collins, K. Austin (July 26, 2018). "Timothée Chalamet Makes the Overwrought Hot Summer Nights Worthwhile". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original...
- Fogelman's screenplay and direction, and calling it "simultaneously overwrought and underwhelming." Chapter One – The Hero Narrator Samuel L. Jackson...
- reviewers hailing it as brilliant writing and others decrying it as overwrought and self-indulgent. Morrissey mentioned that he had begun work on his...
- several critics praised Lohan's performance. The New Yorker said she was "overwrought and unfocused" while Variety called her "very affecting" and Salon described...
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- theatrical release and was dismissed by critics as "a confusing, painfully overwrought melodrama". In 2008, Thurman starred with Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean...
- extension, purple prose is lavishly figurative, rhythmic, or otherwise overwrought. In philosophy, the nature of description has been an important question...
- Sarah Rodman of the Boston Herald remarked: "For every hand-fluttering, overwrought, melisma addict out there aping Mariah's dog calls, there's an equal...