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high-strung

adj

Definitions

  1. Nervous

    Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable.

    • But it exasperated the higher strung nature of Colonel Feraud
    • "Why, you're shakin' all over!" "I suppose I wouldn't be a medium if I wasn't high strung."
    • I probably would have gone with a spaniel rather than a setter. Especially since they listed the Irish Setter - arguably the highest-strung of the bunch.

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