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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
2: too tightly strung; "an overstrung archery bow"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1810 too highly strung ; too sensitive

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a person, disposition, etc.) intensely strained, highly strung. 2 (of a piano) with strings in sets crossing each other obliquely.