| Main Entry: | overwrought |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted and excited |
Synonyms: |
affected, agitated, all shook up, beside oneself, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, fired-up, flipped out, frantic, freaked-out, high*, hot under collar, hot-and-bothered, hyper, in a state, keyed-up, nervous, neurotic, on edge, overexcited, overstrung, overworked, spent, steamed up, stirred, strung-out, tense, tired, uneasy, unstrung, uptight*, weary, wired, worked-up, worn, wound-up |
Antonyms: |
calm, collected, cool, rested, unruffled |
| Main Entry: | overwork |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overdo |
Synonyms: |
burn out, exhaust, tire, tire out, wear out, weary |
| Main Entry: | overwork |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work too hard |
Synonyms: |
burden, exhaust, exploitation, labor, strain, tax, tire |
Antonyms: |
be idle |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly |
Synonyms: |
dissipate, exhaust, misemploy, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
benefit, care for, esteem, prize, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset |
Antonyms: |
calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried, tense |
Synonyms: |
afraid, aghast, antsy*, apprehensive, basket case, bugged, butterflies, careful, choked, clutched, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dreading, fearful, fidgety, fretful, hacked, hyper, in a state, in a tizzy, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, overwrought, restless, scared, shaking, shaky, shivery, shook up, shot to pieces, solicitous, spooked, strung out, sweating bullets, taut, troubled, uneasy, unglued, unquiet, uptight*, watchful, wired, worried sick, wreck* |
Antonyms: |
assured, calm, content, cool, happy, indifferent, peaceful, tranqil, unconcerned, unworried |
| Main Entry: | belabor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwell on |
Synonyms: |
beat a dead horse, go on about, hammer home, overwork, pound, rehash, repeat |
| Main Entry: | beside oneself |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a panic |
Synonyms: |
agitated, anxious, berserk, bothered, carried away, crazed, delirious, demented, distraught, distressed, frantic, frenetic, hysterical, insane, mad, out of one's mind, out of one's wit, overwrought, rattled, raving, shook up, unbalanced, unhinged, upset, very upset, worked-up |
| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; very happy |
Synonyms: |
beside oneself, carried away, corybantic, crazy, delighted, drunk*, ecstatic, enthused, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hysterical, intoxicated, mad, overwrought, rabid*, rapturous, thrilled, transported, wild |
Antonyms: |
unexcited, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | disgusted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickened; offended |
Synonyms: |
abhorred, appalled, displeased, fastidious, fed up*, full up, grossed out, had bellyful, had enough, had it, nauseated, nauseous, outraged, overwrought, queasy, repelled, repulsed, revolted, satiated, scandalized, sick, sick and tired of, sick of, squeamish, teed off, tired, turned off, unhappy, up to here, weary |
Antonyms: |
attracted, delighted, desirous, happy, pleased |