1. high-strung - Adjective
2. high-strung - Adjective Satellite
Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me. Katherine Heigl
I'm not really high-strung now, but I was a very high-strung child. Hope Davis
Many write off the feelings as nerves, but if you’re high-strung like me, this anxiety could send you into a frenzy. Source: Internet
In later years, he endeared himself to millions of viewers portraying character GEORGE CASTANZA's eccentric and high-strung father FRANK on the hit TV show SEINFELD. Source: Internet
On the other hand, Williams was temperamental, high-strung, and at times tactless. Source: Internet
He also challenged and defeated racehorses; as he revealed later, the trick was to race a high-strung thoroughbred that would be frightened by the starter's shotgun and give him a bad jump. Source: Internet