
Meaning of HYPERSENSITIVE
| Pronunciation: | | `hIpur'sensitiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" |
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| | Synonyms: | | allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, susceptible |
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| | Related Terms: | | allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy, hairsplitting, high-strung, hypercritical, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, irritable, itchy, miffy, morbidly sensitive, nervous, overconscientious, overcritical, overfastidious, overmeticulous, overnice, overparticular, overprecise, overrefined, overscrupulous, oversensible, oversensitive, oversqueamish, overtender, passible, prickly, refined, responsive, sensitive, skittish, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactful, temperamental, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy, ultracritical |
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