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UNSTRUNG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unstrung mean?
• UNSTRUNG (adjective)
The adjective UNSTRUNG has 1 sense:
1. emotionally upset
Familiarity information: UNSTRUNG used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emotionally upset
Context example:
the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort
Similar:
discomposed (having your composure disturbed)
Context examples
I was mightily refreshed by the beverage; as much so as a giant with wine: it gave new tone to my unstrung nerves, and enabled me to address this penetrating young judge steadily.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Well, he is not a ghost; yet every nerve I have is unstrung: for a moment I am beyond my own mastery.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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