How 'highly strung' are you?
adjective
very nervous and easily upset.
'highly strung horses'
synonyms: nervous, excitable, temperamental, sensitive, unstable, brittle, easily upset, easily agitated, on edge, edgy, jumpy, keyed up, irritable, fidgety, restive, restless, anxious, overanxious, tense, taut, stressed, overwrought, neurotic, nervy, uptight, twitchy, wired, wound up, het up, strung up, stressy, toey, overstrung
My Dad says I'm highly strung but I think he's just being insensitive! I can be excitable, even restless, but never uptight, or het up, or even temperamental. So I'm not so clearly defined, I guess!
very nervous and easily upset.
'highly strung horses'
synonyms: nervous, excitable, temperamental, sensitive, unstable, brittle, easily upset, easily agitated, on edge, edgy, jumpy, keyed up, irritable, fidgety, restive, restless, anxious, overanxious, tense, taut, stressed, overwrought, neurotic, nervy, uptight, twitchy, wired, wound up, het up, strung up, stressy, toey, overstrung
My Dad says I'm highly strung but I think he's just being insensitive! I can be excitable, even restless, but never uptight, or het up, or even temperamental. So I'm not so clearly defined, I guess!