Unstrung

adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unstring form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not strung; having had the strings undone or removed. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Emotionally upset; not able to keep it together. informal, not-comparable

    "Waking up in the small room, you feel dull, stupid, gloomy, oppressed, yawny, lax, and all unstrung in body and mind..."

Adjective
  1. 1
    emotionally upset wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
aghastanemicappalledashenasthenicastounded

Example

More examples

"He had been quite furious upon discovering that the "little episode" of the moonlit cottage had filched from him all his new won strength and nervous stamina, leaving him sleepless and unstrung, ready to jump at the rattling of a stone."

Etymology

From un- + strung.

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