Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wound-up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
wound-up
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

brought to a state of great tension

Inflected Forms

more wound-up (comparative) most wound-up (superlative)

Synonyms

aroused tense

Questions

What does wound-up mean?
brought to a state of great tension

How to pronounce wound-up

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