High-strung
adj, slang
adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable. idiomatic, informal
"Three cups of coffee made him a fidgety and high-strung lecturer."
Adjective
- 1 being in a tense state wordnet
Example
More examples"Three cups of coffee made him a fidgety and high-strung lecturer."