worked-up

Or worked up,

[wurkt-uhp]

adjective

1. excited; perturbed.

   She's all worked-up about the new deadline.

worked up

adjective

1. agitated or excited

Word History and Origins

Origin of worked-up¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

During these same three days, however, events elsewhere—that is to say, in England, on the estate of the notoriously wealthy, hopelessly nearsighted, and increasingly worked-up father-to-be, Lord Fredrick Ashton—were as far from uninteresting as the frozen tundra of Siberia is from the balmy beaches of the Black Sea.

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By the same token, a lot of people who are super worked-up about "cancel culture" are also isolated and anxious about being left behind in a changing world.

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Hawley, “in a safe space, protected by the officers and the barriers,” according to one police officer, got Trump supporters outside the Capitol worked-up while personally being ushered to safety by security.

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She did not hug Lindsey Graham, the preternaturally worked-up Republican senator from South Carolina.

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Her best portraits combine areas of worked-up detail — especially hands and faces — with areas intentionally left blank or given only cursory treatment.

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Related Words

• agitate 
• animate 
• excite 
• get up 
• inflame 
• rouse