supersensitive

[soo-per-sen-si-tiv]

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adjective

extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
Electricity. of or relating to relays that operate on very small currents, below about 250 microamperes.
hypersensitive(def 2).

Origin of supersensitive

First recorded in 1830–40; super- + sensitive

Related formssu·per·sen·si·tive·ness, nounsu·per·sen·si·tiv·i·ty, noun

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Related Words for supersensitive

psychological, metaphysical, spiritual, supernatural, mental, tricky, precise, tense, keen, susceptible, nervous, receptive, conscious, touchy, perceptive, unstable, delicate, responsive, emotional, hypersensitive

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Historical Examples of supersensitive

But she was just then supersensitive on the subject, though I did not suspect it.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905
Various
This affects my pride, though I dare say I am supersensitive.
My Wonderful Visit
Charlie Chaplin
He was supersensitive about seeing her and yet as a free agent (she thought him that) he had seen her.
Nothing But the Truth
Frederic S. Isham
It is simply that I have been foolish about it, supersensitive.
The Carpet from Bagdad
Harold MacGrath
A hard and bare youth had made me supersensitive and suspicious and narrow.
The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography
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