worked-up

American  

[wurkt-uhp] / ˈwɜrktˈʌp /

Or worked up,

adjective

1. excited; perturbed.

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

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worked up British  

adjective

1. agitated or excited

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Etymology

Origin of worked-up

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.

From Literature

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.

From Salon

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

From Washington Post

“A lot of TikTok-ers are not super worked-up about this,” said Lauren Harrison, a 15-year old TikTok user from Omaha, Nebraska with over 127,000 followers on the app.

From Reuters

One shows McKeller’s recognizably African American head in meager outline transformed on the same sheet of paper into a more worked-up head of Apollo, based on a plaster cast of the Apollo Belvedere.

From Washington Post

Related Words

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