Meanings
adjectivehypersensitive (comparative more hypersensitive, superlative most hypersensitive)
comparative more hypersensitive · superlative most hypersensitive
- Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.
- Excessively sensitive; easily offended.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From hyper- + sensitive. Doublet of supersensitive.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hipersensible, hipersensible
- hipersensiblehighly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents
- hipersensibleexcessively sensitive, easily offended
Czech přecitlivělý
- přecitlivělýhighly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents
Finnish yliherkkä, yliherkkä
- yliherkkähighly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents
- yliherkkäexcessively sensitive, easily offended
French hypersensible
- hypersensibleexcessively sensitive, easily offended
Italian ipersensibile
- ipersensibileexcessively sensitive, easily offended
Polish wysoko wrażliwy, nadwrażliwy
- wysoko wrażliwyexcessively sensitive, easily offended
- nadwrażliwyexcessively sensitive, easily offended
Spanish hipersensible, hipersensible
- hipersensiblehighly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents
- hipersensibleexcessively sensitive, easily offended
Swedish överkänslig
- överkänslighighly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents
Cite this entry
APA
hypersensitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersensitive
MLA
“hypersensitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersensitive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypersensitive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersensitive.
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