overstrung

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Yes, overstrung, gaudily painted, honky tonk joannas for passersby to hammer out jazz standards on, which – naturally – many appeared to be able to do.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2016

He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension�and the happy are not overstrung.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both teams were overstrung, playing crazily in their eagerness to win.

From Time Magazine Archive

Probably it was the state of my health, which was very queer at that time, which had converted me into a terribly sensitive, overstrung, fanciful spirit-seer.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

Secure at last, his overstrung nerves relaxed and he slid gratefully over the edge of sleep.

From Native Son by Hamm, T. D.