overwound

1. (figuratively, uncommon) Nervous, tense, jumpy.Examples: "Everyone else Christian had had anything to do with, ever since the bad night outside Alexandria, had seemed to be overwound, jumpy, bitter, hysterical, overtired..."; "He has left his class, at least in spirit, by being in certain ways unusual; and he is still unusual in another class, too tense and overwound."; "Eric's boss had accused him more than once of being a worrier, but Eric hadn't felt this overwound since his previous employer's stock underwent a dot-bomb implosion."figurativelyuncommon