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overstrung

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If our nerves are overstrung, or our tempers tried, so far from endeavouring to conceal the fact we make them feel it.

The interruption checked his words, but could not check the red fury that was surging through Slaughter's overstrung brain.

To her overstrung nerves each darker shadow held an evil menace.

The whole world seemed a great musical instrument, overstrung and giving out previously unknown harmonies and inharmonies.

It was at this moment more than ever true that her light being was overstrung and that her light head whirled too fast.

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On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overstrung, such as: excited, restless, skittish, tense, uneasy, and uptight.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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