Overworked

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [moby-thes]:

  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