different between laced vs overwrought

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?st/
• Rhymes: -e?st

Adjective

laced

1. Fastened or adorned with lace.
2. Tainted with something, especially a drug.

   I don't know what it was laced with, but he passed out a minute after drinking that first beer.

Verb

laced

1. simple past tense and past participle of lace

Anagrams

• Cadle, E.D. Cal., cadel, clade, decal

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

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