highly strung's Usage Examples:

was scripted as happy-go-lucky, which was in stark contrast to his highly strung wife, Sue (Sandy Ratcliff).

A ruckman who was said to be highly strung, after two brief VFA stints, Flynn started his career in earnest in.

Of Charles and Lavinia, Girouard recalled "two highly strung, vulnerable and complicated people who for 18 years had supported each.

He also said that the car was over-nervous and highly strung, and that "It was not a car that Nelson Piquet would have wanted to.

Synonyms:

tense; jumpy; restive; high-strung; jittery; uptight; edgy; overstrung; nervy;

Antonyms:

relaxed; unagitated; easy; unstrain; relax;