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highly-strung
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Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
Susceptible to anger or prone to getting on the defensive
(
of a person
)
Easily influenced by feelings or emotions
Adjective
▲
Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
nervous
tense
edgy
nervy
restless
twitchy
wired
excitable
stressed
adrenalized
temperamental
sensitive
taut
on tenterhooks
on pins and needles
easily upset
uptight
jumpy
anxious
highly strung
jittery
insecure
fidgety
uneasy
neurotic
upset
agitated
high-strung
on edge
worried
antsy
perturbed
skittish
apprehensive
dithery
hyper
hung up
hysterical
queazy
unquiet
queasy
troubled
keyed up
unsettled
strung out
overstrung
stressy
excited
unstable
ill at ease
overanxious
fluttery
fearful
in a tizzy
aflutter
hinky
goosey
atwitter
disturbed
overwrought
toey
shaky
panicky
brittle
flighty
worked up
strung up
het up
scared
distressed
spooked
bothered
spooky
restive
unnerved
wound up
in a state
skittery
concerned
afraid
hyperexcitable
hyperactive
volatile
frightened
hyperkinetic
strained
uncomfortable
manic
beside oneself
nervous wreck
bundle of nerves
spasmodic
timid
shy
fretful
flurried
impetuous
distraught
passionate
emotional
flustered
agitable
touchy
feverish
ruffled
tempestuous
squirrelly
alarmable
windy
mercurial
unrelaxed
irritable
overexcited
feeling anxious
nail-biting
in suspense
trembling
febrile
erratic
like a cat on a hot tin roof
fiddle-footed
in a twitter
under a strain
in a state of agitation
wrought up
in a state of nerves
like a cat on hot bricks
bashful
impatient
terrified
annoyed
hesitant
vehement
graceless
demonstrative
fierce
rash
shaking
quaking
impulsive
choked
fevered
in a flap
bricking oneself
having kittens
all of a doodah
all of a lather
all of a dither
in a tizz
in a stew
in a twit
in a cold sweat
in a sweat
overzealous
clutched
pressured
a bundle of nerves
stressed out
white-knuckled
shot to pieces
up the wall
white knuckled
under stress
under pressure
enthusiastic
volcanic
in a frenzy
in a lather
inflammable
oversensitive
irrational
inhibited
disoriented
hysteric
angsty
frantic
trepidatious
disquieted
distracted
frenzied
desperate
hectic
overwhelmed
overactive
stirred
heated
unglued
careful
irascible
crazy
high
affected
wrought-up
beside yourself
strung-out
swivel-eyed
freaked-out
steamed up
at the end of your tether
flipped out
wound-up
throwing a wobbly
all shook up
worked-up
keyed-up
fired-up
out of your mind
hot-and-bothered
hot under collar
timorous
mousy
shivery
discomposed
fiery
moody
easily frightened
easily agitated
eccentric
lively
zippy
giddy
lightheaded
peppy
spirited
dizzy
animated
combustible
flappable
light-headed
nerve-racking
stressful
nerves on edge
alarmed
dismayed
rattled
shaken
disconcerted
cowardly
spineless
intimidated
daunted
shrinking
startled
gutless
petrified
shocked
pusillanimous
chicken
lily-livered
aghast
weak
cowering
vexed
tremulous
horrified
discombobulated
craven
faint-hearted
embarrassed
wimpish
yellow
cowed
soft
confused
sissy
yellow-bellied
fainthearted
retiring
discomfited
worried sick
uncertain
scared stiff
terror-stricken
fazed
self-conscious
harassed
in a dither
weak-kneed
wimpy
spiritless
awkward
recreant
in a panic
irresolute
wet
panic-stricken
scared to death
shook up
running scared
anguished
mousey
irked
pigeon-hearted
like a fish out of water
unheroic
poor-spirited
affrighted
hot and bothered
diffident
lacking courage
feart
unsure
horror-struck
fearsome
wavering
frozen
tormented
unrestful
angstful
unsteady
in a funk
bugged
with your heart in your mouth
in a blue funk
thrown
aggravated
irritated
inconvenienced
chicken-livered
chicken-hearted
feeble
quivering
terrorized
US
harried
fretting
browbeaten
tentative
having butterflies in the stomach
terror-struck
fraught
dastardly
horror-stricken
suspicious
aroused
poltroon
frightened out of your wits
chickenhearted
pigeonhearted
scared out of your wits
frit
hassled
unbalanced
solicitous
stunned
boneless
terrorised
UK
shaking in one's shoes
doubtful
beset
discountenanced
out of place
base
muddled
unhappy
provoked
pained
having cold feet
meek
candy-assed
chagrined
mortified
milk-livered
sheepish
waiting for the axe to fall
scared witless
put out
frightened to death
gauche
unnatural
scary
unassured
bullied
vacillating
energetic
blushing
funky
shaking like a leaf
nerveless
aquiver
frazzled
afeared
fractious
wary
turbulent
agog
stiff
inflamed
paralysed with fear
UK
withdrawn
sissified
hurt
overawed
avid
unpeaceful
exasperated
abject
grieved
a wreck
sad
spookish
skitterish
in turmoil
galled
saddened
caitiff
sookie
hot under the collar
cowhearted
backward
worthless
worrying
riled
afflicted
very nervous
tortured
plagued
frozen with fear
miffed
paralyzed with fear
US
pestered
gutted
disappointed
in a flat spin
worried stiff
all agog
angered
angry
in a fluster
exacerbated
displeased
harrowed
with bated breath
gun-shy
with one's stomach in knots
blue
white-livered
paper tiger
no guts
having the willies
cut up
troublous
broken up
waiting with bated breath
cringey
pathetic
mouselike
submissive
Milquetoast
capricious
gentle
impotent
squeamish
dispirited
flushed
intense
characterless
discouraged
Delphic
unpoised
hotheaded
indecisive
all wound up
dithering
unreluctant
swithering
all of a flutter
strict
conventional
cautious
obsessive
tensed
watchful
uncontrollable
wild
demoralized
US
hyped-up
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
exercised
dreading
disorientated
on the edge
champing at the bit
creepy
disorderly
active
fidgeting
itchy
fitful
moved
stir-crazy
in a spin
reserved
introverted
roused
apprehensive about
intimidated by
modest
a basket case
sweating bullets
fervid
frenetic
panicked
peeved
alarmed at
phobic
tame
excessively active
abashed
chafed
bewildered
faltering
overemotional
zipped up
hot
juiced up
old-fashioned
in awe
narked
tossing and turning
on the defensive
shamefaced
foreboding
mistrustful
strange
perplexed
lost
discomforted
unconfident
deterred
in a tiz-woz
scunnered
wrung
falling apart
histrionic
stilted
panic-struck
asea
artificial
mannered
open-mouthed
angst-ridden
all nerves
tied up in knots
biting one's nails
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
on the qui vive
having stage fright
biting nails
having a funny feeling
numb with fear
disillusioned
demoralised
UK
stirred up
aw-shucks
in fear and trepidation
lacking social skills
tongue-tied
ill-at-ease
at fever pitch
out of countenance
unsure of yourself
defensive
teed off
offended
fretted
paranoid
low
thin-skinned
conservative
verklempt
unzipped
wounded
in disorder
amazed
burdened
come apart
psyched out
bummed out
at sixes and sevens
all torn up
chippy
hypersensitive
umbrageous
hyper-sensitive
pessimistic
easily offended
wobbly
unenthusiastic
downbeat
despondent
grumpy
cross
trembly
petulant
easily hurt
testy
tottering
shuddering
peevish
easily affected
wobbling
weakling
cranky
crabby
tottery
ratty
unhinged
maladjusted
dysfunctional
disordered
shuddery
snappish
crotchety
wabbly
huffy
tetchy
wabbling
querulous
splenetic
crabbed
unmanly
perverse
atremble
captious
quavery
complaining
ornery
quivery
miserable
mean
quavering
shivering
grumbling
weak-willed
whining
vibrating
critical
carping
easily scared
caviling
US
tremulant
contrary
palpitating
messed up
screwed up
mixed up
faultfinding
all of a tremble
wreck
cavilling
UK
short-tempered
out of sorts
ill-tempered
ill-natured
bad-tempered
emotionally confused
ill-adjusted
more ❯
“She was a
highly-strung
individual, often exhibiting signs of insecurity and uncertainty in social situations.”
Adjective
▲
Susceptible to anger or prone to getting on the defensive
passionate
fiery
irascible
excitable
touchy
easily offended
fractious
hypersensitive
melodramatic
oversensitive
pettish
petulant
quarrelsome
querulous
sensitive
snappy
temperamental
tempestuous
emotional
hot-blooded
hotheaded
hot-headed
violent
volatile
incensed
intense
irritable
mercurial
quick-tempered
stormy
choleric
dramatic
hot-tempered
peppery
angry
enraged
frantic
fuming
furious
highly strung
hottempered
inflamed
infuriated
mean
raving
shaken
steamed-up
testy
all shook up
neurotic
impatient
ornery
chippy
ticklish
high-strung
thin-skinned
short-tempered
overemotional
explosive
froward
headstrong
willful
wilful
easily upset
in bad mood
prima donna-ish
on a short fuse
grumpy
peevish
cross
grouchy
cantankerous
prickly
tetchy
ratty
cranky
crotchety
crabbed
surly
waspish
splenetic
ardent
huffy
crusty
sulky
moody
curmudgeonly
fervent
over-emotional
captious
uptight
edgy
impassioned
vehement
spirited
tense
passional
fervid
incandescent
perfervid
rash
jumpy
toey
perturbable
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
wired up
wound up
bundle of nerves
torrid
impetuous
charged
overzealous
demonstrative
feverish
wild
superheated
impulsive
fierce
agitable
dithyrambic
religious
warm
heated
hysterical
burning
blazing
volcanic
hyper
flaming
warm-blooded
red-hot
short-fuse
fretful
critical
glum
curt
huffish
crabby
disgruntled
unsociable
argumentative
gruff
shirty
sullen
feisty
whingy
bristly
ireful
shrewish
snappish
brusque
misanthropic
perverse
cynical
bitter
contentious
narky
truculent
pouty
harsh
obstinate
disagreeable
difficult
bilious
sour
pertinacious
discontented
dyspeptic
hypercritical
whining
miserable
soreheaded
snarky
stroppy
uncooperative
exasperated
displeased
snarling
contrary
churlish
grumbling
peckish
resentful
eggy
whiny
crybaby
acrimonious
ungracious
gloomy
snippy
bearish
annoyed
snippety
iracund
pouting
miffy
tough
liverish
fussy
brooding
iracundulous
waxy
disputatious
morose
stuffy
snaky
scratchy
waspy
grousing
fault-finding
on edge
dissatisfied
acrid
trying
out of temper
cross-grained
having got out of bed on the wrong side
dour
carping
mardy
nasty-tempered
out of humour
griping
out of sorts
acid
awkward
out of humor
like a bear with a sore head
mumpish
hot under the collar
growling
complaining
malicious
venomous
fretting
vinegary
short
whingeing
childish
foul-tempered
ill-natured
out-of-sorts
ill-humored
US
cavilling
UK
raspy
tart
as cross as two sticks
sharp
hasty
malignant
vindictive
nasty
caviling
US
in a mood
ugly
sorehead
saturnine
sore
filthy
having got out of bed the wrong side
spiteful
obstreperous
blunt
cussed
short-fused
chuffy
ill-humoured
UK
in a bad mood
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a person
)
Easily influenced by feelings or emotions
susceptible
gullible
naive
vulnerable
ingenuous
persuadable
trusting
unsuspecting
credulous
impressionable
responsive
sensitive
unwary
acquiescent
amenable
defenseless
US
defenceless
UK
exploitable
given
gullable
inclined
influenceable
prone
pushover
receptive
swayable
tractable
adaptable
disposed
emotional
innocent
manageable
nonresistant
predisposed
ready
soft
suggestible
susceptive
tender
easy
impressible
movable
dewy-eyed
fall for
wide-eyed
wide open
over-trustful
over-trusting
thin-skinned
easily deceived
easily led
easily taken in
out on a limb
easily moved
highly strung
sitting duck
at risk
easily taken advantage of
readily taken advantage of
malleable
pliable
pliant
easily influenced
unsuspicious
compliant
dupable
biddable
yielding
docile
trustful
accommodating
manipulable
governable
deceivable
unguarded
cooperative
foolish
fleeceable
believing
obedient
persuasible
complaisant
open
submissive
accepting
suasible
inexperienced
unsophisticated
unsceptical
unskeptical
biting
mouldable
controllable
childlike
unworldly
affected
simple
green
like putty in your hands
plastic
formative
meek
agreeable
moldable
unquestioning
supple
go-with-the-flow
transformable
bendy
wet behind the ears
exploitative
exploitatory
exploitive
accessible
perceptive
pervious
sentient
sensile
affectable
sensible
feeling
guileless
uncritical
obliging
flexible
wax-like
ductile
unknowing
easily swayed
open-minded
born yesterday
as green as grass
putty in one's hands
rolls with punches
naïve
overcredulous
artless
fictile
frail
spongy
submitting
genuine
easily tempted
unformed
bendable
confiding
undoubting
overtrusting
clueless
naif
tame
developmental
easily exploited
easily controlled
easily handled
able to be influenced
dewy
simpleminded
uncorrupted
callow
pure
idealistic
foundational
easily fooled
primitive
raw
seminal
jejune
developing
green as grass
aw-shucks
immature
growing
convincible
creative
easily persuaded
permissive
easygoing
easy-going
compassionate
charitable
ignorant
clement
gentle
pardoning
moderate
mild
indulgent
benign
merciful
pampering
liberal
temperate
lenient
unburdensome
mollycoddling
humoring
US
spoiling
excusing
light
condoning
deludable
sympathetic
lax
forgiving
unoppressive
forbearing
humouring
UK
silly
sucker
mark
manipulatable
easy mark
tumbling for
taken in
kidding oneself
swallowing whole
taking the bait
being a sucker
falling hook line and sinker
tolerant
kind
willing
understanding
conformable
benignant
kindly
gracious
resigned
generous
passive
unresisting
humane
benevolent
magnanimous
deferential
favourable
UK
favorable
US
dutiful
patient
considerate
unassertive
cool
soft-hearted
longanimous
kind-hearted
overindulgent
going easy on
good-natured
well-behaved
softhearted
adjustable
stoical
nonjudgmental
allowing
calm
permitting
alterable
uncomplaining
amiable
versatile
fluid
stoic
variable
changeable
assenting
modifiable
tender-hearted
unflappable
approving
broad-minded
thoughtful
quiet
workable
long-suffering
tameable
restrained
teachable
tamable
law-abiding
milky
amendable
trained
game
soft-shell
being big
self-controlled
self-restrained
beneficent
accommodative
free
well-disciplined
humanitarian
conformist
overpermissive
conciliatory
eager
undemanding
consentient
assentient
accordant
pitying
loving
going along with
sparing
open to instruction
polite
solicitous
untroublesome
able to live with
helpful
non-restrictive
big
protean
laissez-faire
live-and-let-live
weak
favoring
US
emollient
assuaging
assuasive
letting
boneless
spineless
favouring
UK
friendly
generous to a fault
composed
multipurpose
discretionary
good-tempered
good-humoured
UK
good-humored
US
all heart
live with
consenting
open-ended
enduring
serene
imperturbable
even-tempered
unexcitable
onside
supportive
inconstant
persistent
philosophical
persevering
companionable
useful
eager to please
forthcoming
going easy with
living with
obsequious
acceding
ingratiating
complying
unruffled
equanimous
self-possessed
untiring
inexcitable
mild-tempered
tranquil
agreeing
conforming
unresistant
eager to help
glad to be of assistance
impassive
philosophic
with the patience of Job
fortitudinous
toadying
unprotesting
tolerating
subservient
servile
obeisant
bootlicking
mutable
acquiescing
resistless
assentive
respectful
Uriah Heepish
self-effacing
elastic
humble
unassuming
lamblike
orderly
mellow
docious
usable
complacent
laid-back
weak-kneed
easily manipulated
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