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View synonyms for unstrung
unstrung
[ uhn-struhng ]
adjective
- having the string or strings loosened or removed, as a bow or harp.
- weakened or nervously unhinged, as a person or a person's nerves; unnerved; discomposed:
The incident left him unstrung.
unstrung
/ ʌnˈstrʌŋ /
adjective
- emotionally distressed; unnerved
- (of a stringed instrument) with the strings detached
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unstrung1
First recorded in 1590–1600, for the adjective
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Example Sentences
There was a vicious aching in his nerves, his muscles were flaccid and unstrung; a numbness was in his brain as well.
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The incident did not demand more than a few seconds for its transaction and Winifred hardly noticed it, so unstrung was she.
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Paralysis has unnerved and unstrung the whole system and yet the mind has remained uninjured.
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Her countenance revealed her vivid emotions; she was overwrought, unstrung, half-crazed after a night spent with her fears.
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The mothers were so nervous and unstrung that though they occasionally shut their eyes, the slumber was fitful and brief.
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