high-strung
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high-strung
adjective higher-strung · highest-strung
- Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable. But it exasperated the higher strung nature of Colonel Feraud
- Having lighter, thinner strings than usual, to produce higher notes. a high-strung guitar
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adj nervous, excitable
| Español | muy nervioso, tenso |
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| Português | muito nervoso, tenso |
| Français | grand nerveux, à fleur de peau |
| Italiano | facilmente eccitabile, teso |
| Русский | взвинченный vzvinčennyj, нервный nervnyj |
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@misc{high_strung_2026,
title = {high-strung},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/high-strung},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
