Capable of being mentally or emotionally disturbed; easily excited or made anxious. Now somewhat rare.
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释义 | the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > nervous or easily agitated (11) agitable1603 Capable of being mentally or emotionally disturbed; easily excited or made anxious. Now somewhat rare. wincing1603 That winces; †restive (literal and figurative); recoiling, flinching. nervous1740 Of a person or temperament: excitable, highly strung, easily agitated, anxious, timid; hypersensitive; worried, anxious (about); afraid… nervo-sanguineous1807 designating or having a nervous and sanguine temperament. alarmable1813 Easily frightened, disturbed, or startled. intense1817 Of a person. Feeling, or susceptible to, intense emotion or affection. Also, manifesting intense emotion or excitability, esp. in aesthetic or… tense1821 figurative. In a state of nervous or mental strain or tension; strained; highly strung; ‘on the stretch’; excited, or excitable; keenly sensitive. finely-strung1841 In the sense of string, v. 3. With prefixed adverb, finely-strung, highly strung adj. at highly, adv. compounds: said of persons with reference to… flutterable1891 That may be fluttered. nerve-ridden1892 shockable1893 Easily shocked. Also absol. in plural sense (with the). |
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