Overworked
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overworked}or
{Overwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overworking}.]
1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or
too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
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2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
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My days with toil are overwrought. --Longfellow.
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3. To decorate all over.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "overworked":
arabesque, baroque, busy, chichi, commonplace, elaborate, elegant,
fancy, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, frilly, fussy, hackneyed,
high-wrought, labored, luxuriant, luxurious, moresque, ornate,
ostentatious, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overwrought,
picturesque, platitudinous, pretty-pretty, rich, rococo,
stereotyped, trite, truistic
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