Tightly Wound

What is Tightly Wound?

chronically tense, unable to relax, highly reactive

My cat is so tightly wound he springs up off the floor if anything startles him, and he startles at the drop of a feather.

See uptight, tense, neurotic, laid back, spontaneous

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