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[syn: allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hypersensitive
adj 1: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
(especially to a specific factor); "allergic children";
"hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: allergic,
hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised,
sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive,
supersensitized, supersensitised]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypersensitive":
allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy,
hairsplitting, high-strung, hypercritical, hyperesthetic,
hyperpathic, irritable, itchy, miffy, morbidly sensitive, nervous,
overconscientious, overcritical, overfastidious, overmeticulous,
overnice, overparticular, overprecise, overrefined, overscrupulous,
oversensible, oversensitive, oversqueamish, overtender, passible,
prickly, refined, responsive, sensitive, skittish, supersensitive,
sympathetic, tactful, temperamental, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned,
ticklish, touchy, ultracritical