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worked up

Speech parts

1. worked up - Adjective

2. worked up - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

(of persons) excessively affected by emotion

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Examples

I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought. Peter Steele

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things. Kenneth Branagh

It's the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of just being lousy from the first shot. Roger Ebert

Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation. Francis Parker Yockey

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone. Marcus Aurelius

People don't care enough. They don't get worked up enough. They don't get angry enough. They don't get passionate enough. I'd rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it. Jonathan Safran Foer

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