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111be strung or be strung out — be arranged in a long line. → string …
112high-strung — adjective Date: 1748 having an extremely nervous or sensitive temperament …
113well-strung — adj. * * * …
114high 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,… …
115hwǽstrung — f ( e/ a) murmur, whispering …
116high-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.… …
117high-strung — adj Tense, nervous. Amanda Lynn has been a little high strungsince her instrument cracked when she left it in the car. 1860s …
118high-strung — highly nervous, tense, jumpy …
119be strung up — Brit. informal be tense or nervous. → string …
120high-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,… …