hypersensitive (redirected from hypersensitiveness)

hy·per·sen·si·tive  (hpr-sns-tv)

adj.

Highly or excessively sensitive.

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hyper·sensi·tive·ness, hyper·sensi·tivi·ty (-tv-t) n.

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hypersensitive

Adjective

1. unduly emotionally vulnerable

2. abnormally sensitive to an allergen, a drug, or high or low temperatures

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

hypersensitive - having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" hypersensitised, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, allergic susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"