overstrung
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o·ver·strung
(ō′vər-strŭng′)adj.
1. Too sensitive, nervous, or tense.
2. Too tightly strung: an overstrung archery bow.
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overstrung
(ˌəʊvəˈstrʌŋ)adj
1. too highly strung; tense
2. (Instruments) (of a piano) having two sets of strings crossing each other at an oblique angle
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() tense - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
2. | overstrung - too tightly strung; "an overstrung archery bow" tense - taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings" |
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overstrung
[ˌəʊvəˈstrʌŋ] ADJ [person] → sobre(e)xcitado, hipertenso; [piano] con dos grupos de cuerdas que se cruzan formando un ángulo oblicuoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005