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HYPERSENSITIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
Example:
hypersensitive to pollen
Synonyms:
allergic; hypersensitised; hypersensitive; hypersensitized; sensitised; sensitized; supersensitised; supersensitive; supersensitized
Classified under:
Similar:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
Derivation:
hypersensitivity (extreme sensitivity)
hypersensitivity (pathological sensitivity)
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