"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 Categories (topical): Emotions Related terms: cranked up, psyched up Translations (excessively emotional): emocionat (Catalan), 情緒化 (Chinese Mandarin), 情绪化 (qíngxùhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), kiihtynyt (Finnish), emozionato (Italian), emocionado (Portuguese), emocionado (Spanish), excitado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-worked_up-en-adj-Dlqzthd- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "sense": "excessively emotional",
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          "sense": "excessively emotional",
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          "sense": "excessively emotional",
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      "sense": "excessively emotional",
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      "sense": "excessively emotional",
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      "sense": "excessively emotional",
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      "sense": "excessively emotional",
      "word": "emozionato"
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      "sense": "excessively emotional",
      "word": "emocionado"
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      "sense": "excessively emotional",
      "word": "emocionado"
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