over strung

adjective

overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.

Archery. (of a bow) strung too tightly.

Origin:
1800–10; over- + strung

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verb (used with object), o·ver·strung; o·ver·strung or ( Rare ) o·ver·stringed; o·ver·string·ing.

Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.

Archery. to string (a bow) too tightly.

Origin:
1875–80; over- + string

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overstrung (ˌəʊvəˈstrʌŋ)

—*adj*
1.	too highly strung; tense
2.	(of a piano) having two sets of strings crossing each other at an oblique angle

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