unstrung
Nerves completely shot
Unstrung describes something that has had its string or strings removed: an unstrung bow, an unstrung tennis racket.
More commonly, unstrung means emotionally undone—nerves so frayed that composure fails: The waiting had left her completely unstrung.
The image suggests a instrument or bow that can no longer function, its tension released.
Uneasy and apprehensive
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
- rattledDisturbed and unsettled
- shakenDisturbed or agitated
unnerved · overwrought · distraught · frazzled · undone · unhinged · distressed · upset
Respectful forward inclination
- violinBowed string instrument
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- harpPlucked orchestral strings
tennis racket · slack · detached · removed · replaced · snapped · twang · resonance
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
shaken · unnerved · overwrought · distraught · frazzled · undone · unhinged · distressed · upset · flustered
bow
Respectful forward inclination
harp · tennis racket · slack · detached · removed · replaced · snapped · twang · resonance · tension
bow
Respectful forward inclination
- longbowTall wooden archery weapon
- crossbowStock-mounted bow mechanism
- drawstringCord that tightens openings
relaxed · slack · disarmed · quiver · archer · bowstring · recurve · compound bow · fletching
pearls
Iridescent oyster-made gems
spilled · threading · strand · jewelry · clasp · broken · tumbling · rolling · collecting · gemstones
unstrungcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
calm · collected · poised · unflappable · self-possessed
string, stringy, strings, strung, stringing, stringer, stringless, stringed, stringers