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Excessively distressed
Answer for the clue "Excessively distressed ", 11 letters:
overanxious
Word definitions for overanxious in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. anxious or nervous to an excessive degree
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overanxious \O"ver*anx"ious\, a. Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. -- O"ver*anx"ious*ly , adv.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Excessively anxious or nervous.
Usage examples of overanxious.
You perceive me to be possessed of an overanxious, fainthearted temperament.
I did not wish to seem overanxious and, in any case, I was desperately tired.
The second raft pushed up behind the first, and those aboard made to disembark, but an overanxious departure by the first soldiers dangerously unbalanced the craft and the raft tipped, throwing the remaining passengers into the river with a tremendous splash.
It is clear that you and the princess are--shall we say--a bit overanxious for the union to take place.
With an overanxious mother and a gloomy father, she was not at all certain that this would happen, and wished she could do something to help.