overwrought Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːt]
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Meaning of overwrought In English

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  • His sense of alienation is emphasised by the overwrought music, with its jagged melisma on the word 'rainbow'.

  • For example, overwrought competitiveness in medicine might be controlled if medical schools worked to admit students who value cooperation more than academic self-promotion.

  • The contribution is an excellent example of practical wisdom emanating from high quality research counterpointed with a firm advocacy free from overwrought rhetoric.

  • The fifth maid cuts across this web of similitude with a piercing, strongly profiled melodic line, but she is too overwrought to make a difference.

  • This ambivalence about the validity of spectral testimony certainly added tension to the proceedings, which were already overwrought with fear and anxiety.

  • It's all so naive, so overwrought.

  • Dodin organizes these scenes quite rigorously, etching them out (for which his black and white is appropriate) so that nothing is overwrought.

  • Ricciarelli's oscillation between frenetic trembling and frozen terror may seem overwrought, but her interpretation makes for a vivid engagement with the orchestral music.

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