hypersensitive
excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
allergic to a substance to which persons do not normally react.
Origin of hypersensitive
1Other 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
She was imaginative, I knew, but never moody; common sense was strong in her, though she had her times of hypersensitiveness.
Incredible Adventures | Algernon BlackwoodHypersensitiveness is never anything but a makeshift kind of satisfaction.
Outwitting Our Nerves | Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. SalisburyBesides this fear of cold, he was suffering from a hypersensitiveness of several other varieties.
Outwitting Our Nerves | Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
British Dictionary definitions for hypersensitive
/ (ˌhaɪpəˈsɛnsɪtɪv) /
having unduly vulnerable feelings
abnormally sensitive to an allergen, a drug, or other agent
Derived forms of hypersensitive
- hypersensitiveness or hypersensitivity, noun
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