"worked up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-worked up.ogg [Australia] Forms: more worked up [comparative], most worked up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} worked up (comparative more worked up, superlative most worked up)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) Excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: agitated, cranked up, overemotional, overwrought Related terms: worked-up [alternative], cranked up, psyched up Translations (excessively emotional): emocionat (Catalan), 情緒化 /情绪化 (qíngxùhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), kiihtynyt (Finnish), emozionato (Italian), emocionado (Portuguese), emocionado (Spanish), excitado (Spanish), öfkeli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-worked_up-en-adj-Dlqzthd- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Emotions: 98 2

Verb

Audio: En-au-worked up.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} worked up
  1. simple past and past participle of work up Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: work up
    Sense id: en-worked_up-en-verb-X2pRxaJR

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