Hypersensitive

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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



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

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypersensitive":
     allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy,
     hairsplitting, high-strung, hypercritical, hyperesthetic,
     hyperpathic, irritable, itchy, miffy, morbidly sensitive, nervous,
     overconscientious, overcritical, overfastidious, overmeticulous,
     overnice, overparticular, overprecise, overrefined, overscrupulous,
     oversensible, oversensitive, oversqueamish, overtender, passible,
     prickly, refined, responsive, sensitive, skittish, supersensitive,
     sympathetic, tactful, temperamental, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned,
     ticklish, touchy, ultracritical