💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "High strung"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nervy | (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen. |
| jumpy | Nervous and excited. |
| edgy | (figurative) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué. |
| overstrung | Excessively tense or nervous |
| jittery | nervy, jumpy, on edge |
| restive | Impatient under delay, duress, or control. |
| uptightnoun | (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. |
| tensenoun | (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. |
| nervous | Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge. |
| in suspense | — |
| twitchy | (figuratively) irritable, cranky, nervous, anxious, worried |
| strained | Under tension; tense. |
| excitable | Easily excited. |
| tautverb | (also figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. |
| tightverb | Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open. |
| cranky | Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. |
| volatilenoun | (economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic. |
| fraughtverb | (figurative) Followed by with: carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative); accompanied by; entailing. |
| neural | (biology) Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system. |
| stretched | (of the body) extended to full length |
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