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Definition of overstrung in English: overstrungadjective 1(of a piano) having strings in sets crossing each other obliquely. Example sentencesExamples - In a detailed note he explains that because it is not overstrung, the different registers have their own character.
- An overstrung piano has the bass strings running diagonally across the piano, crossing over the treble strings.
2dated (of a person) extremely nervous or tense. at two in the morning the overstrung youth finally ran out of questions Example sentencesExamples - Her aunt on one side of her, and Mr. Stephens on the other, did all they could to soothe her, and at last the weary, overstrung girl relapsed into something between a sleep and a faint.
- She's overstrung to-day. If it were you, you'd be in hysterics.
Synonyms nervous, anxious, tense, on edge, edgy, strained, stressed, agitated, apprehensive, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile
Definition of overstrung in US English: overstrungadjectiveˈōvərˌstrəNG 1(of a piano) with strings in sets crossing each other obliquely. Example sentencesExamples - An overstrung piano has the bass strings running diagonally across the piano, crossing over the treble strings.
- In a detailed note he explains that because it is not overstrung, the different registers have their own character.
2dated (of a person) extremely nervous or tense. at two in the morning the overstrung youth finally ran out of questions Example sentencesExamples - Her aunt on one side of her, and Mr. Stephens on the other, did all they could to soothe her, and at last the weary, overstrung girl relapsed into something between a sleep and a faint.
- She's overstrung to-day. If it were you, you'd be in hysterics.
Synonyms nervous, anxious, tense, on edge, edgy, strained, stressed, agitated, apprehensive, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile
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