high-strung

Questions about high-strung

What does high-strung mean?

high-strung means "being in a tense state".

How many syllables are in high-strung?

high-strung has 2 syllables and divides as high--strung under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for high-strung?

Close synonyms include edgy, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is high-strung a common word?

high-strung is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.