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allergic

American  
[uh-lur-jik] / əˈlɜr dʒɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to allergy.

    an allergic reaction to wool.

  2. having an allergy.

  3. Informal. having a strong dislike or aversion.

    He's allergic to most modern music.
allergic British  
/ əˈlɜːdʒɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, having, or caused by an allergy

  2. informal having an aversion (to)

    he's allergic to work
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unallergic adjective

Etymology

Origin of allergic

First recorded in 1910–15; allerg(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

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Jay Kelly is allergic to career retrospectives and honors.

From Los Angeles Times

Asfura has described himself as "allergic" to smartphones, preferring to use a landline, and has not embraced social media campaigning.

From Barron's

Then, without warning, the pharmacy got rid of the display, replacing it with a model of the red regular M&M—which I’m not allergic to.

From The Wall Street Journal

Platts Mills and his colleagues believe several conditions may have intensified the man's allergic response.

From Science Daily

She said he sometimes needed days off because of allergic reactions and carries an EpiPen, but was then assigned what she described as detentions - the school said these were catch-up sessions for missed work.

From BBC

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