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High strung

Synonyms for "high strung" (50 found)

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Informal (9)

Adj, adv, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

explosive uptight

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(5 words)

touchy edgy spooky startlish miffy

General use (41)

Adj, noun(7 words)

sensitive emotional apprehensive volcanic inflammable eruptive goosey

Adjective(25 words)

nervous irritable uneasy nervy skittish ticklish temperamental jumpy irascible mettlesome fidgety excitable jittery panicky tetchy high-spirited hypersensitive oversensitive thin-skinned overstrung

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unrelaxed twittery perturbable agitable unrestful

Adj, adv(1 words)

Adj, verb(2 words)

taut frightened

Prep_phrase(1 words)

emotionally unstable high-mettled highly emotional all nerves nerves on edge

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