hypersensitive
adjective
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Definition of hypersensitive
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: excessively or abnormally sensitive
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: abnormally susceptible physiologically to a specific agent (such as a drug or antigen)
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Other Words from hypersensitive
hypersensitiveness
noun
hypersensitivity
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Examples of hypersensitive in a Sentence
She's hypersensitive about her past.
People who are hypersensitive to the chemical may have violent reactions even to small amounts.
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After all, their fellow politicians are nothing if not hypersensitive to even the slightest shifts in the winds of power. — Jonathan Allen, NBC News, "Amid 'race card' allegations, Pelosi teaches Ocasio-Cortez a math lesson," 14 July 2019 Sure, some of the efforts to police language are almost comically hypersensitive. — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Language matters: Like a person with decency, I鈥檓 always open to change," 9 Aug. 2019 From then on, the insects are hypersensitive to pain. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Study Finds Insects Can Experience Chronic Pain," 17 July 2019 Confederate differences While slavery is accurately depicted in the mural, Von Blum said some people today are hypersensitive about portrayals of African slaves. — Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, "A California school board has voted to paint over a mural of George Washington. Educators want to save it," 11 July 2019 Beijing, hypersensitive to any threat to its territorial integrity, will bristle at the unprecedented provocation from this former British colony. — Time, "The Ransacking of Hong Kong's Legislature Prompts a 'Zero Tolerance' Warning From Beijing," 2 July 2019 Federal Reserve policy makers have been making dovish noises since U.S. stocks briefly fell into a bear market on Christmas Eve, and investors have been hypersensitive to their comments. — James Mackintosh, WSJ, "Investors Go From Overoptimistic to Sort of Pessimistic," 21 Jan. 2019 Image Going out in public required becoming hypersensitive to mobs at the supermarket or on the street who, lost in their phones or thoughts, all seemed to head straight for me. — Josh Max, New York Times, "When a Vegan Gets Gout," 5 July 2018 Most notably, Earthbound cars do not have hypersensitive scientific instruments that will need to have bare metal in order to get the highest degree of accuracy. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Painting a Mars Rover Is Even More Complicated Than You'd Think," 11 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hypersensitive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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hypersensitive
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of hypersensitive
: having feelings that are very easily hurt
: very strongly and easily affected or harmed by something (such as a drug)
See the full definition for hypersensitive in the English Language Learners Dictionary
hypersensitive
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Kids Definition of hypersensitive
: very sensitive
These plants are hypersensitive to cold.
hypersensitive
adjective
hy路per路sen路si路tive
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Medical Definition of hypersensitive
1
: excessively or abnormally sensitive
2
: abnormally susceptible physiologically to a specific agent (as a drug or antigen)
Other Words from hypersensitive
hypersensitiveness
noun
hypersensitivity
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noun,
plural hypersensitivities
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noun,
plural hypersensitivities