overstrung
1overstrung — [ō΄vər struŋ′] adj. too highly strung; tense …
2overstrung — /oh veuhr strung /, adj. 1. overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung. 2. Archery. (of a bow) strung too tightly. [1800 10; OVER + STRUNG] * * * …
3overstrung — adjective Date: 1810 too highly strung ; too sensitive …
4overstrung — adjective a) Excessively tense or nervous b) Strung too tightly …
5overstrung — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. highstrung, tense, excitable, distraught, hypersensitive, nervous; see also excited , frantic , hysterical , troubled 1 …
6overstrung — adj. excessively nervous, high strung; strung too tightly (Archery); strung with two sets of strings (Music) …
7overstrung — adjective (of a piano) with strings in sets crossing each other obliquely …
8overstrung — adj 1. high strung, tense, emotional, excitable, easily excited; susceptible, easily hurt, quick to tears; hot tempered, inflammable, volatile. 2. neurotic, nervous, Inf. uptight, temperamental, unpredictable; apprehensive, anxious, phobic,… …
9overstrung — /ˈoʊvəstrʌŋ/ (say ohvuhstrung) adjective 1. too highly strung. 2. (of pianos) having two sets of strings crossing each other obliquely …
10overstrung — adj. 1 (of a person, disposition, etc.) intensely strained, highly strung. 2 (of a piano) with strings in sets crossing each other obliquely …
