Synonyms for high-strung

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hahy-struhng

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪˈstrʌŋ

Définition of high-strung

Origin : also high strung, 1848 in the figurative sense, from high (adj.) + strung. Originally a musical term, with reference to stringed instruments, where it is attested from 1748.

adj nervous

Example sentences :

We never could get along together at all, because he is so high-strung and overbearing.
Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston

Though still slight of build I was wiry, high-strung and quick of movement.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

It was eloquent, vibrating with eloquence, but too high-strung, I think.
Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad

Starbright was right in saying Dade Morgan was proud and high-strung.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish

The high-strung gaiety, the drinking, the overtranking, the relaxation of mores.
Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

My nerves are all high-strung with the turn matters have taken.
Extract from : « The Ghost » by William. D. O'Connor

Swimming is good, particularly for nervous, high-strung persons.
Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans

Everyone had expected so high-strung a creature to be “half-wild with nerves.”
Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield

She's as good-natured as anybody I ever saw but she's high-strung, too; she's got a temper.
Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart

She's a high-strung girl—and proud; she mustn't know a thing about this deal.
Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux

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