Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overstrung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-strung
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively tense or nervous

adj

Strung too tightly

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English strung English overstrung From over- + strung.

Inflected Forms

more overstrung (comparative) most overstrung (superlative)

Synonyms

edgy high-strung highly strung jittery jumpy nervy restive uptight

Questions

What does overstrung mean?: Excessively tense or nervous
Where does overstrung come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English strung English overstrung From over- + strung.

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