Synonyms for wound up
wound up

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1. aroused, wound upadjective

   brought to a state of great tension

   "all wound up for a fight"

   Synonyms:
   randy, stirred, excited, worked up, stimulated, turned on(p), ablaze, aflame, horny, ruttish, emotional, steamy, aroused, stirred up

   Antonyms:
   relaxed

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1. President Bill Clinton on Wednesday:

   The problem is the way it was written and implemented is we cast too wide a net and we had too many people in prison, and we wound up...putting so many people in prison that there wasn't enough money left to educate them, train them for new jobs and increase the chances when they came out so they could live productive lives.

2. Tom Jennings:

   The question is, was this a Stockholm Syndrome type of thing where she wound up having empathy with the people who are actually holding you hostage ? there’s probably some of that involved. I did n’t get the sense from studying this … that she was playing along … To me, she sounded very genuine in her hatred of the government and her family. I think [ the SLA ] had turned her.

3. Cary Deuber:

   I think when you have five dynamic women together, you get wound up no matter what, i don't think we don't push each other's buttons on purpose.

4. Carol Burnett:

   She got sober when she was 17, i put her in a third rehab place, and oh my God, she hated me. I came to the conclusion that I had to love her enough to let her hate me. She got sober and we started bonding. We wound up working together, writing a play together. We worked together in three shows.

5. Torey Krug:

   It was a desperation play at that point. You don’t worry about positions and just play hockey, it wound up on my stick and I was able to put it in.