wrought up

wrought up
▶ adjective AGITATED, tense, stressed, overwrought, nervous, on edge, edgy, keyed up, worked up, anxious, nervy, flustered, fretful, upset; informal in a state, in a stew, het up, wound up, uptight, jumpy, in a tizz/tizzy; Brit. informal strung up; N. Amer. informal spooky, squirrelly.
calm.

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adj. [predic.] upset and anxious

she didn't get too wrought up about things

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wrought up
informal + old-fashioned : very excited or upset

I got wrought up [=worked up] over nothing.

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Main Entry: ↑wrought

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