hypersensitive :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (5)

allergic, hypersensitized, sensitized, supersensitive, supersensitized

adj. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"

Fuzzynyms (9)

sensitive

adj. responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"

vulnerable

adj. susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge"

huffy, touchy, thin-skinned

adj. quick to take offense

delicate

adj. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"

thorny, delicate, ticklish

adj. difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

Synonyms (18)

convincible, persuadable, persuasible

adj. being susceptible to persuasion

pliable, fictile

adj. susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"

susceptible to, nonresistant, unresistant, nonimmune, liable to

adj. (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes"

subject to, open to, susceptible of

adj. capable of or liable to: "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"; "susceptible of proof"

predisposed

adj. made susceptible; "because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease"

responsive

adj. readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student"

suggestible

adj. susceptible or responsive to suggestion; "suggestible young minds"

temptable

adj. susceptible to temptation

unvaccinated

adj. not vaccinated

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hypersensitive

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