high-keyed

[ hahy-keed ]

/ ˈhaɪˈkid /

very nervous or excitable; high-strung.

Words nearby high-keyed

Close on its apparition sounded the exultant, high-keyed shriek of the saw.

The Rules of the Game |Stewart Edward White
I was too busy with my own troubles to see what happened to him, so could only judge from the tremolo of his high-keyed cursing.

Down the Yellowstone |Lewis R. Freeman
Oliver winked rapidly in the intensity of high-keyed nervous strain.

A Modern Aladdin |Howard Pyle
It was the high-keyed wailing of this same man-child wanting his bottle, but it eluded Bud completely.

Cabin Fever |B. M. Bower

The beach-comber was talking in a high-keyed sing-song, but with a lisp.

Moran of the Lady Letty |Frank Norris

high-keyed

having a high pitch; shrill

US highly strung

bright in colour