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HIGHLY STRUNG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does highly strung mean?
• HIGHLY STRUNG (adjective)
The adjective HIGHLY STRUNG has 1 sense:
1. being in a tense state
Familiarity information: HIGHLY STRUNG used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being in a tense state
Synonyms:
edgy; high-strung; highly strung; jittery; jumpy; nervy; overstrung; restive; uptight
Similar:
tense (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)
Context examples
I determined to say nothing about the former to my wife, for she is a nervous, highly strung woman, and I had no wish that she would share the unpleasant impression which had been produced upon myself.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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