Supersensitive

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely sensitive.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) wordnet

Synonyms

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allergicallergicanaphylacticdelicateempatheticempathic

Etymology

From super- + sensitive. Doublet of hypersensitive.

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