high-strung
21high-strung adj — Tight rope walkers are high strung …
22high-strung — a. 1. Of great tension, excitable, strung to a high pitch, in a state of high tension. 2. Proud, high spirited, sensitive, quick to honor. 3. Obstinate, persistent, intractable …
23high-strung — /ˈhaɪ strʌŋ/ (say huy strung) adjective → highly strung …
24high-strung — adjective an American form of highly strung …
25high strung — Synonyms and related words: agitable, all nerves, apprehensive, edgy, emotional, emotionally unstable, eruptive, excitable, explosive, fearful, fidgety, frightened, goosey, high mettled, high spirited, highly emotional, hypersensitive,… …
26high-strung — adj Tense, nervous. Amanda Lynn has been a little high strungsince her instrument cracked when she left it in the car. 1860s …
27high-strung — adjective Date: 1748 having an extremely nervous or sensitive temperament …
28high-strung — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. taut, tense, edgy, jumpy, temperamental, excitable; volatile. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. nervous, tense, impatient; see excitable , restless 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
29high-strung — highly nervous, tense, jumpy …
30high-strung — adj nervous, tense, all wound up, restless, feverish, febrile, excited, worked up, wrought up, Sl. jittery, skittish; hyperactive, hyper; sensitive, passionate, moody, overreacting, easily frightened, excitable; irritable, snappish, peevish,… …