High-strung: alternatives and connections

Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.

Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fractu…

A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catho…

Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many pl…

High-spirited.

Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.

An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.

A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger.

A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together.

The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootl…

To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch.

Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.

An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purifie…

Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.

Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courage…

High-spirited; fearless.