HIGHLY STRUNG

Meaning of HIGHLY STRUNG in English

( BrE ) ( NAmE ˌhigh-ˈstrung ) adjective

( of a person or an animal ) nervous and easily upset :

a sensitive and highly-strung child

Their new horse is very highly strung.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HIGHLY-STRUNG — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : high-strung
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGHLY STRUNG — ( N. Amer. high-strung ) ■ adjective very nervous and easily upset.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIGHLY-STRUNG — highly-strung BrE AmE ˌhaɪ li ˈstrʌŋ ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIGHLY-STRUNG — see highly strung
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHLY STRUNG — also highly-strung Note: in AM, use 'high-strung' If someone is highly strung , they are very nervous and easily upset. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHLY STRUNG — also highly-strung Note: in AM, use 'high-strung' If someone is ~, they are very nervous and easily upset. = sensitive …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIGHLY-STRUNG — see highly strung
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIGHLY STRUNG — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HIGHLY STRUNG — adj. Highly strung is used with these nouns: ↑ temperament
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIGHLY-STRUNG — See ↑ NERVOUS 3
Longman Activator English vocab
HIGHLY STRUNG — 25B6; adjective NERVOUS, nervy, excitable, temperamental, sensitive, unstable; brittle, on edge, edgy, restless, anxious, tense, stressed, overwrought, neurotic; informal uptight, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGHLY-STRUNG — чувствительный; легковозбудимый; нервный - she is * у нее нервы напряжены
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHLY STRUNG — Жилистый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHLY(-)STRUNG — ( a ) чувствительный; легковозбудимый; нервный she is highly(-)strung - у неё нервы напряжены
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIGHLY STRUNG — (a) легковозбудимый; нервный; чувствительный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HIGHLY(-)STRUNG — ( a ) чувствительный; легковозбудимый; нервный she is highly(-)strung - у неё нервы напряжены
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HIGHLY(-)STRUNG — ( a ) чувствительный; легковозбудимый; нервный she is highly(-)strung - у неё нервы напряжены
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHLY STRUNG — напряженный (о человеке)
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIGHLY STRUNG — напряженный (о человеке)
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIGHLY STRUNG — Жилистый
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHLY-STRUNG — чувствительный; легковозбудимый; нервный - she is * у нее нервы напряжены
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRUNG — see: string
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIGHLY — adverb Date: before 12th century in or to a high place, level, or rank, in or to a high degree …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRUNG — past of string
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGHLY — adverb Etymology: Middle English heghly, heyly, highly, from Old English hēalīce, from hēah high + -līce -ly — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRUNG — () imp. & p. p. of String.
Английский словарь Webster
STRUNG — (p. p.) of String
Английский словарь Webster
STRUNG — (imp.) of String
Английский словарь Webster
HIGHLY — (adv.) In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Английский словарь Webster
STRUNG — imp. & p. p. of String.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRUNG — ( p. p. ) of String
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRUNG — ( imp. ) of String
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGHLY — ( adv. ) In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRUNG — /strung/ , v. pt. and pp. of string .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGHLY — /huy"lee/ , adv. 1. in or to a high degree; extremely: highly amusing; highly seasoned food. 2. with high appreciation …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGHLY — adv. very; favorably, with admiration; generously
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRUNG — past and past participle of string
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRUNG — imp. & ·p.p. of string. 2. strung ·impf of string. 3. strung ·p.p. of string.
Webster English vocab
HIGHLY — adv in a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Webster English vocab
STRUNG — past and past participle of string .
Concise Oxford English vocab
STRUNG — [strung] past and past part of string
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STRUNG — strung BrE AmE strʌŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIGHLY — highly BrE AmE ˈhaɪ li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STRUNG — pt, pp of string
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHLY — / ˈhaɪli; NAmE / adverb 1. very : highly successful / skilled / intelligent highly competitive / critical / sensitive …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRUNG — strung /strʌŋ/ BrE AmE the past tense and past participle of ↑ string 2
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGHLY — high ‧ ly S2 W2 /ˈhaɪli/ BrE AmE adverb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ Highness , ↑ high ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRUNG — past and past part. of STRING.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIGHLY — adv. 1 in a high degree (highly amusing; highly probable; commend it highly). 2 honourably; favourably (think highly of him). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRUNG — past and past part. of STRING.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIGHLY — adv. 1 in a high degree (highly amusing; highly probable; commend it highly). 2 honourably; favourably (think highly of him). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRUNG — past and past part. of STRING.
Oxford English vocab
HIGHLY — adv.1 in a high degree (highly amusing; highly probable; commend it highly). 2 honourably; favourably (think highly of him). Phrases …
Oxford English vocab
STRUNG — Strung is the past tense and past participle of string .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Highly is used before some adjectives …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRUNG — Strung is the past tense and past participle of string .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIGHLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Highly is used before some adjectives …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STRUNG — PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES be strung (out) along/across etc sth ▪ Lights were strung across the promenade; around the Casino. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGHLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES acutely/highly embarrassed (= extremely embarrassed ) ▪ The government must be acutely embarrassed by the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGHLY — [adverb]According to one highly-placed source (= a person in an important position), the Prime Minister had threatened to resign over …
Cambridge English vocab
HIGHLY — adv. Highly is used with these adjectives: ↑ abstract , ↑ acceptable , ↑ accessible , ↑ accomplished , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIGHLY — See ↑ VERY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ speak highly of • ↑ think highly of
Longman Activator English vocab
HIGHLY — adv. 25B6; adverb a highly dangerous substance : VERY, extremely, exceedingly, particularly, most, really, thoroughly, decidedly, distinctly, exceptionally, immensely, inordinately, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGHLY — adv. 1 greatly, much, tremendously, well, enthusiastically, warmly, immensely, hugely Her play was highly praised by all the critics 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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