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101high-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 …
102high-strung — adjective an American form of highly strung …
103highly-strung — UK [ˌhaɪlɪ ˈstrʌŋ] / US [ˌhaɪlɪˈstrʌŋ] adjective someone who is highly strung easily becomes nervous or upset …
104high-strung — high′ strung′ adj. highly sensitive or nervous in temperament …
105high-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,… …
106highly strung — ► ADJECTIVE Brit. ▪ very nervous and easily upset …
107high-strung — [hī′struŋ′] adj. [from the tuning of stringed instruments] highly sensitive or nervous and tense …
108low-strung — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having less than a fistmele between bow and bowstring a low strung bow …
109ham|strung — «HAM STRUHNG», verb. a past tense and a past participle of hamstring: »Figurative. Our building plans have been hamstrung by the bad weather …
110un|strung — «uhn STRUHNG», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. with strings loose, broken, or missing: »an unstrung guitar. 2. Figurative. weakened in the nerves; nervous. SYNONYM(S): upset, shaken. a) the past tense and past participle of unstring …