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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

- either. With their cheesy pop-metal tunes like Don`t Treat Me Bad and the overwrought ballad When I Look Into Your Eyes, the quartet from North Carolina is...
- pretentious, verbose and inaccurate. Itzkoff wrote that Pitchfork was overwrought and sometimes hard to understand, with an abundance of adjectives, adverbs...
- of grown-up love, exquisite styling, overripe camera moves and lousy, overwrought score, the movie feels stubbornly, resolutely disingenuous and one-dimensional...
- terrible acting, disorienting editing, a strident background score and overwrought sound design." Monika Rawal ****reja of Hindustan Times wrote "Crakk isn't...
- take in today's hyper-exposed world of pop", describing the show as "overwrought and uncomfortable at times, but [it] excels at challenging norms and...
- watchable mess of a child's-play fright flick, exemplifies the trend of overwrought too-muchness" and also wrote "despite a few creepy moments, [the film]...
- Totality is a truly horrible album, built on a foundation of tired and overwrought stereotypes put together not by just a clueless band, but a bunch of...
- either. With their cheesy pop-metal tunes like Don`t Treat Me Bad and the overwrought ballad When I Look Into Your Eyes, the quartet from North Carolina is...
- extension, purple prose is lavishly figurative, rhythmic, or otherwise overwrought. In philosophy, the nature of description has been an important question...
- reviewers hailing it as brilliant writing and others decrying it as overwrought and self-indulgent. Morrissey mentioned that he had begun work on his...