- high-strung adj
- Tight-rope walkers are high strung.
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high-strung adj
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high-strung — high′ strung′ adj. highly sensitive or nervous in temperament … From formal English to slang
high-strung — [adj] nervous all shook up*, choked*, easily upset, edgy, excitable, fidgety, hyper*, impatient, irascible, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, on pins and needles*, on ragged edge, restless, sensitive, spooked*, stressed, taut,… … New thesaurus
high-strung — also high strung, 1848 in the figurative sense, from HIGH (Cf. high) (adj.) + STRUNG (Cf. strung). Originally a musical term, with reference to stringed instruments, where it is attested from 1748 … Etymology dictionary
high-strung — {adj.} Nervous; sensitive; tense. * /Gary has been rather high strung lately because of too much work at the office./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high-strung — {adj.} Nervous; sensitive; tense. * /Gary has been rather high strung lately because of too much work at the office./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high-strung — strəŋ adj having an extremely nervous or sensitive temperament … Medical dictionary
high-strung — adj. High strung is used with these nouns: ↑temperament … Collocations dictionary
high-strung — adj Nervous; sensitive; tense. Gary has been rather high strung lately because of too much work at the office … Словарь американских идиом
high-strung — [hī′struŋ′] adj. [from the tuning of stringed instruments] highly sensitive or nervous and tense … English World dictionary
high-strung — adjective being in a tense state • Syn: ↑edgy, ↑highly strung, ↑jittery, ↑jumpy, ↑nervy, ↑overstrung, ↑restive, ↑uptight • Similar to: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
