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overstrung |
Also found in: Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.01 sec. |
overstrung Adjective too highly strung; tense
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The sight that met the poor woman's eyes was too much for the already overstrung nerves. There was so strange a turmoil within my own head, and such a jangling of my overstrung nerves, that the indifference of those people was amazing. My overstrung nerves failed me suddenly, and I turned and ran--ran as though some dreadful hand were behind me clutching at the skirt of my dress. |
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