Adjective worked up has 1 sense
- aroused, emotional, excited, worked up - of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
Antonym: unagitated (indirect, via agitated)
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Verb work up has 4 senses
- build up, work up, build, progress - form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
--1 is one way to develop
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- work up, get up - develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"
--2 is one way to grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
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- build up, work up, build, ramp up - bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
--3 is one way to increase
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- work out, work up - come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
--4 is one way to develop, make grow
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