worked up

1. 1.

   (of persons) excessively affected by emotion

   “he would become emotional over nothing at all”

   “she was worked up about all the noise”

   Synonymsarousedemotionalexcited

   Similaragitated

Questions about worked up

What does worked up mean?

worked up means "(of persons) excessively affected by emotion".

What is another word for worked up?

Close synonyms include aroused, emotional, excited. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worked up a common word?

worked up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.