Usually means: Agitated, stirred up, highly emotional.
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  1. wrought-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. wrought-up, wrought-up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wrought-up: Wordnik
  4. wrought-up: Wiktionary
  5. wrought-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. wrought-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. wrought-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. wrought-up: Dictionary.com
  9. wrought-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  excited, stimulated or agitated; worked up

Similar:
cranked up, worked up, forwrought, highwrought, agitated, aroused, high-wrought, roiled-up, pumped-up, het up, more...

Opposite:
calm, relaxed, composed, tranquil, serene

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Similar:
cranked up, worked up, forwrought, highwrought, agitated, aroused, high-wrought, roiled-up, pumped-up, het up, more...

Opposite:
calm, relaxed, composed, tranquil, serene



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