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PRONUNCIATION OF WORKED UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORKED UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Worked up is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WORKED UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of worked up in the English dictionary

The definition of worked up in the dictionary is agitated or excited.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORKED UP

workaholism
workaround
workbag
workbench
workboat
workbook
workbox
workday
worked
workend
worker
worker ant
worker bee
worker director
worker participation
worker-priest
worker´s compensation
workerist
workerless
workers´ cooperative

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORKED UP

buttoned up
dolled up
dressed up
end up
fed up
fired up
glammed up
hyped up
keyed up
mixed up
psyched up
puffed up
screwed up
shed up
speed up
speeded up
steamed up
stuffed up
tooled up
washed up
wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of worked up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «worked up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORKED UP

Find out the translation of worked up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of worked up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «worked up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生气的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfadado
570 millions of speakers

English

worked up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर काम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عملت حتى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обрабатывают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

furioso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাজ আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

remonté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berkeja keras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufgeregt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気の立った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화가 난
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyambut gawe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm việc lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேலை செய்தேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काम केले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Işe yaradı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agitato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przerabia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обробляють
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a lucrat în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατεργάζεται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opgewerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upparbetades
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jobbet opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of worked up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKED UP»

The term «worked up» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKED UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «worked up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «worked up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about worked up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORKED UP»

Discover the use of worked up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to worked up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
All Worked Up
It’s just one little bet.
Cathryn Fox, 2009
2
Altared: The True Story of a She, a He, and How They Both ...
What if God is less worked up about marriage than we are? With honesty and insight, Claire and Eli ask us to shift our thinking away from marriage or singleness and toward love and discipleship.
Claire, Eli, 2012
3
Worked Up Selves: Personal Development Workers, Self Work ...
Using the notion of the personal development worker as a new cultural intermediary, this book thus offers a unique and qualitative picture of personal development workers and self-work within the workplace.
Elaine Swan, 2010
4
All Worked Up
Gloria finds herself attracted to this sexier version of the Landon she once knew but old insecurities prevent her from acting on those feelings.When these two get all worked up their passion for each other will burn like nothing else and ...
Eve Vaughn, 2008
5
Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, Twelve Volume Set
The reaction was worked up by extractions to obtain 15.3 g (yield 93.07%) of XXXVI. Boc-GFGFP GVGVP-OBzl (XXXVII): Compd XXIII (6.24 g, 0.010 mol) was coupled to Compd XXXIII (6.3 g, 0.010 mol) using EDCI with HOBt. The reaction was ...
Joseph C. Salamone, 1996
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Annual report
wharf,, where she worked up to the close of the navigation. This vessel removed during the season 10,000 yards at Repentigny, 3,500 at Contrecceur, and 17.000 in the harbor, or a total of 30,500 yards at a cost of $12,079. 60 including tender ...
Canada. Dept. of Marine, 1872
7
Jewels from Em Bounds
WORKED UP, PRAYED DOWN Man-made or God Sent January 4, 1894 MODERN POPULAR REVIVAL OR WORKED UP REVIVAL “Worked up,” or “ prayed down” revivals separate at almost infinite distance two different phases of revival.
Em Bounds, 2010
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The Ethics of Ontology: Rethinking an Aristotelian Legacy
Aristotle seems to suggest that, on the one hand, the proximate matter "out of which" a composite is generated has an independent existence prior to its being worked up into a composite. Thus taking the standard — that is, inappropriate but  ...
Christopher P. Long, 2004
9
The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
I really worked up a sweat in the gym today. Raking leaves all day sure works up an appetite. worked up (about) part.adj. [informal] When you are anxious, worried , or upset about something, you are worked up or worked up about it. Mark has ...
Carl W. Hart, 2009
10
Thomas R Malthus: Crit Asses
After criticising Ricardo's statement that commodities exchange according to the quantity of immediate and accumulated labour worked up in them, he says: "It cannot, then, be said with any thing as an approximation towards correctness, that ...
John Cunningham Wood, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORKED UP»

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Should You Get All Worked Up Over That Sex Show at the Dallas …
His post might even convince you that this Exxxotica Expo isn't worth getting all worked up over. Me? I'm too focused on logistics to get bogged down in any ... «D Magazine, Jul 15»
2
A political crisis worth getting worked up about
So if I was to say Stormont is in crisis and in danger of collapse would you all stop reading? What if I said it was serious this time and we really are on the cusp of ... «the Irish News, Jul 15»
3
Harris: Yong worked up over Sabah4Sabahans
... government Yong Teck Lee asking him whether he was Sabahan, advised the latter not to get too emotional and worked up over the Sabah4Sabahans theme. «Free Malaysia Today, Jul 15»
4
Forecaster: 'There's no sense in getting all worked up'
AccuWeather forecasters are worked up about an incoming front on warm Gulf waters, but other meteorologists are saying: just chill. An AccuWeather report ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Market fall: Don't get worked up
The latter is up 51 per cent during this same period. For investors, the main worry is how long will correction continue. Rakesh Arora, head of research, ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
6
Reader still worked up over fireworks
I see nothing being done in Lansing to rescind the fireworks ordinance and revert to a previous law that served the state for years. I smell a rat in the woodpile in ... «Detroit Free Press, May 15»
7
Robert Kraft defiant, “really worked up” over #DeflateGate penalty
“I just get really worked up. To receive the harshest penalty in league history is just not fair. The anger and frustration with this process, to me, it wasn't fair. «NBCSports.com, May 15»
8
Jelalian: Provo's BRT plan getting residents worked up
A whole lot of people in Provo seem to be unnecessarily worked up over a couple of buses. Which, in all honesty, shouldn't really surprise anyone who has ever ... «Daily Herald, May 15»
9
Why foreign investors are worked up about MAT
For foreign companies that do not have any permanent establishment in India, the effect of MAT can be high as these companies may not be able to claim credit ... «Livemint, May 15»
10
Obama Disappointed In Christians, But Not Terribly Worked Up
It's always uncomfortable when this supremely arrogant, narcissistic, dishonest President speaks at a prayer breakfast. He just can't resist the opportunity to ... «Breitbart News, Apr 15»

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