WORKED UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in wrought (up)

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verb

past tense of work up

as in developed

to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail

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Recent Examples of worked up

Adjective

Washington School House Hotel is located atop Park Avenue, moments from Main Street, and provides complimentary après-ski fare in the living room for outdoor enthusiasts who have worked up an appetite. —

Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025 Chicago — its fans, its organization and yes, its writers — has clung to that era as tightly as Toews and Kane clung to the Stanley Cup in that famous photo, because there’s been so little else to get worked up about. —

Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025

Verb

Putting words on the page seems too low stakes to get worked up about, and yet the terror of saying something taboo—or just being boring—feels like a terrible fate to most writers. —

David O’Neill, New Yorker, 20 May 2026 Thou shalt not get too worked up about the chat! —

Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for worked up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for worked up

Adjective

Byrne, fed up after months of creative differences, quit the book, packing up his pencils and art board to work on other Marvel titles.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
Older patients are more fed up with their faces, and have usually been thinking about this for a long time.

— Michele Promaulayko, Allure, 17 June 2026