What is the meaning of worked up?

verb

  • Form or accumulate steadily.
    • usage: "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
  • Develop.
    • usage: "we worked up an as of an appetite"
  • Bolster or strengthen.
    • usage: "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
  • Come up with.
    • usage: "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"

adjective

  • Of persons. ( excessively affected by emotion)
    • usage: "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
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APAWordNet. (2010). worked up. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/worked_up/definitions/1188426
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