hypersensitive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hyper- + sensitive. Doublet of supersensitive.
Adjective[edit]
hypersensitive (comparative more hypersensitive, superlative most hypersensitive)
- Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.
- Excessively sensitive; easily offended.
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Translations[edit]
highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents
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excessively sensitive, easily offended
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Further reading[edit]
- “hypersensitive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “hypersensitive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.