worked-up

or worked up, wrought-up

[ wurkt-uhp ]
/ ˈwɜrktˈʌp /
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adjective

excited; perturbed: She's all worked-up about the new deadline.

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Origin of worked-up

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby worked-up

workbox, workday, worked, worked up, worked up, be, worked-up, worker, worker director, worker participation, worker-priest, workers' compensation
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Words related to worked-up

biased, dictatorial, fanatical, bigoted, disdainful, racist, fractious, hateful, irritable, dogmatic, indignant, xenophobic, frantic, antipathetic, averse, communist, conservative, contemptuous, illiberal, inflexible

Example sentences from the Web for worked-up

  • In manufacturing districts the transit of iron and minerals and worked-up metal is managed with considerable ability.

    Field and Hedgerow|Richard Jefferies

  • Paul Ardite called to the worked-up traveler of the deep blue sea.

    The Moving Picture Girls at Sea|Laura Lee Hope

  • But the veil mercifully returned, and with it Dick's worked-up sense of injury.

    The Three Partners|Bret Harte