wrought-up

wrought-up
adj
excited, wound-up, worked-up, beside oneself, stirred-up, stimulated, energized, electrified, hyped-up, Sl. psyched; whipped-up, aroused, inflamed, fired-up, fiery; impassioned, enthused, fervid, fervent, zealous, in a fever pitch, red-hot; overwrought, keyed-up, nervous, high-strung, edgy, on edge, tense, uneasy, restless, restive, fidgety, skittish; frantic, frenzied, wild, hysterical, delirious, feverish, Brit. Sl. bonkers, Sl. out of one's skull or gourd; agitated, disturbed, upset, discomposed, disconcerted, ruffled, flustered, fluttered, in a dither, Inf. hot and bothered; irritated, annoyed, nettled, perturbed, exasperated, aggravated, vexed; angry, mad, irate, furious, fuming, raging, Inf. hot, Inf. hot under the collar, Inf. hopped up.

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