Supersensitive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supersensitive \Su`per*sen"si*tive\, a.
     Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. --
     {Su`per*sen"si*tive*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  supersensitive
       adj : having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
             (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children";
             "hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: {allergic}, {hypersensitive},
              {hypersensitized}, {hypersensitised}, {sensitized}, {sensitised},
              {supersensitized}, {supersensitised}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "supersensitive":
     allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy,
     hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, irritable, itchy,
     nervous, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender,
     passible, prickly, refined, responsive, sensitive, skittish,
     sympathetic, tactful, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish,
     touchy