Synonyms of worked up

Verb

1. build up, work up, build, progress, develop

usage: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

2. work up, get up, grow, develop, produce, get, acquire

usage: develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

3. build up, work up, build, ramp up, increase

usage: bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

4. work out, work up, develop, make grow

usage: come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"

Adjective

1. aroused, emotional, excited, worked up, agitated (vs. unagitated)

usage: (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"