hypersensitive

hy·per·sen·si·tive

abnormally or excessively sensitive

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"hypersensitive." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive>.

APA Style

hypersensitive. (n.d.). Retrieved April 09th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive

hypersensitive

adjective

Highly or excessively sensitive.
Responding excessively to the stimulus of a foreign agent, such as an allergen.

Related Forms:

hy′per·sen′si·tive·ness hy′per·sen′si·tiv′i·ty
noun

hy′per·sen′si·tize′
verb

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"hypersensitive." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive>.

APA Style

hypersensitive. (n.d.). Retrieved April 09th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive

Adjective

Highly or abnormally sensitive to a stimulus, especially to some allergen.

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"hypersensitive." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive>.

APA Style

hypersensitive. (n.d.). Retrieved April 09th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive

hypersensitive - Medical Definition

adj.

Highly or excessively sensitive.
Responding excessively to the stimulus of a foreign agent, such as an allergen.

Related Forms:

hy′per·sen′si·tive·ness hy′per·sen′si·tiv′i·ty
n.

hy′per·sen′si·tize′ (-tīz′)
v.

The American Heritage Dictionary of Medicine © 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"hypersensitive." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive>.

APA Style

hypersensitive. (n.d.). Retrieved April 09th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/hypersensitive

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

Remember that autistic children may be hypersensitive to certain sensory stimuli.
Multiple stings can have much more severe consequences, such as anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction that occurs in children who are hypersensitive to the venom.
Some hypersensitive people have unique chemical reactions in the brain that cause them to respond much more strongly to stress.
Some infants are hypersensitive to stimuli, and their crying will get worse if they receive any more than a minimum of comforting, such as parental holding or cuddling.
People with AD may be hypersensitive to irritants because they have abnormally low levels of interferon-gamma in their systems.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR hypersensitive IN THE DICTIONARY