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Adjective: highly strung
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: high-strung)
  1. Being in a tense state
    "highly strung parents are sensitive themselves";
    - edgy, high-strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight [informal], high-keyed, squirrelly [N. Amer, informal]

See also: tense