different between heightened vs overwrought

heightened

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ha?t?nd/
  • Hyphenation: height?ened

Verb

heightened

  1. simple past tense and past participle of heighten

Adjective

heightened (comparative more heightened, superlative most heightened)

  1. increased in intensity or concentration; elevated, stepped-up

Translations

heightened From the web:

  • what heightened sense of smell
  • heightened meaning
  • what heightened awareness of hipaa
  • what's heightened sensitivity
  • what heightened means in spanish
  • what heightened katniss fear
  • what's heightened reality
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overwrought

English

Etymology

Past participle of overwork; see wrought.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??.v?????t/

Adjective

overwrought (comparative more overwrought, superlative most overwrought)

  1. Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.
  2. Elaborate; overdone.

Derived terms

  • overwroughtness

Synonyms

  • (emotional): distraught, overwhelmed, distressed, agitated
  • (elaborate): ornate, overdecorated

Antonyms

  • (emotional): calm, collected, composed, laid-back, placid, serene, tranquil, untroubled
  • (elaborate): austere, bare, conservative, denuded, modest, naked, plain, simple, stark, stripped, uncovered, restrained, subdued, toned-down, unadorned

Translations

overwrought From the web:

  • what overwrought actresses do in the wings
  • what overwrought actors do in the wings
  • overwrought meaning
  • what does overwrought and pretentious mean
  • what does overwrought mean in english
  • what does overwrought
  • what is overwrought emotion
  • what does overwrought mean in spanish
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