- highly-strung
- adjsensitive, neurotic, nervous, easily upset, nervy, jumpy, on edge, temperamental, excitable, restless, overwrought, tense, stressedCOLLOQ. wound up, uptight, edgy≠ calm
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highly-strungˈ adjectiveNervously sensitive, excitable• • •Main Entry: ↑high————————highly-strung see under ↑high1• • •Main Entry: ↑string* * *
someone who is highly-strung easily becomes nervous or upsetThesaurus: feeling worried and nervoussynonym
Useful english dictionary. 2012.