Unstrung
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unstrung is an adjective meaning Not strung; having had the strings undone or removed.
Meaning
Not strung; having had the strings undone or removed.
More Meanings
- (informal) Emotionally upset; not able to keep it together.
- simple past and past participle of unstring
Example Sentences
Waking up in the small room, you feel dull, stupid, gloomy, oppressed, yawny, lax, and all unstrung in body and mind.
“Why, Jane,” he cried, “what do you mean? What has our providential rescue to do with altering your feelings toward me? You are but unstrung—tomorrow you will be yourself again.”
Synonyms for unstrung
Depending on context, synonyms include discomposed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include discomposed, unstrangled, unstrapped, unstretched, nontensioned, untensioned.
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