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hypersensitive [ hahy-per-sen -si-tiv ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌhaɪ pərˈsɛn sɪ tɪv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective
excessively sensitive : to be hypersensitive to criticism. allergic to a substance to which persons do not normally react.
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OTHER WORDS FROM hypersensitive hy·per·sen·si·tive·ness, hy·per·sen·si·tiv·i·ty, noun
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How to use hypersensitive in a sentence Lowe is also hypersensitive to what she wears while working out, having gotten looks once for donning just a sports bra on a hot day.
According to her, it is not her fault that I am too stupid to do anything right and am so ridiculously hypersensitive — two of many things she cannot stand about me.
Sharks rely on a specific pH in water for their hypersensitive noses.
People are hypersensitive to the messages brands are putting out during this pandemic, which means this personal touch matters more than ever.
Anyone who identifies as an ‘ist’ is going to be hypersensitive about some topics.
But the hyperactive Sarkozy is hypersensitive to these oft-repeated allegations of skullduggery.
Certain to avoid talking politics in front of the hypersensitive cameras, Boehner opted for the more germane.
Seventeen years ago military leaders were hypersensitive to such a bold change in military culture.
A hypersensitive conscience cost our widowed client ten thousand dollars!
If I were hypersensitive to the silly things people say, I should have given up selling long before.
He looked, wondering what made this young attractive woman hypersensitive on the subject of sex.
My grounds for perturbation are not imaginary or based on the hallucinations of a hypersensitive mind.
Owing to the emotional strain to which I had been subjected I may have been in a hypersensitive condition.
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British Dictionary definitions for hypersensitive
adjective
having unduly vulnerable feelings
abnormally sensitive to an allergen, a drug, or other agent
Derived forms of hypersensitive hypersensitiveness or hypersensitivity , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Medical definitions for hypersensitive
adj.
Responding excessively to the stimulus of a foreign agent, such as an allergen; abnormally sensitive.
Other words from hypersensitive hy′per•sen′ si•tive•ness null n. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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