of persons Excessively affected by emotion:
— She was worked up about all the noise.

synonyms: aroused, emotional, excited.

Roget 673: preparing etc. v.; in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train; afoot, afloat; on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil; under consideration etc. (plan) 626; brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding; in store for, in reserve.    precautionary, provident; preparative, preparatory; provisional, inchoate, under revision; preliminary etc. (precedent) 62.    prepared etc. v.; in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table; in gear; in working order, in working gear; snug; in practice.    ripe, mature, mellow; pukka^†; practiced etc. (skilled) 698; labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up.    in full feather, in best bib and tucker; in harness, at harness; in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint; up in arms; armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie; sword in hand; booted and spurred.    in utrumque paratus [Lat.], semper paratus [Lat.]; on the alert etc. (vigilant) 459; at one's post.    ... show more

Roget 900: angry, wrath, irate; ireful, wrathful; cross etc. (irascible) 901; Achillean^†; sulky, etc. 901.1; bitter, virulent; acrimonious etc. (discourteous) etc. 895; violent etc. 173.    warm, burning; boiling, boiling over; fuming, raging; foaming, foaming at the mouth; convulsed with rage.    offended etc. v.; waxy, acharne; wrought, worked up; indignant, hurt, sore; set against.    fierce, wild, rageful^†, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage; relentless etc. 919.    flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon.    ... show more