Definition for Hypersensitive:

• h[= i]- per-sen'si-tiv, adj. excessively sensitive.-- n. HYPERSEN'SITIVENESS.

Synonyms for Hypersensitive:

• adj.

  •allergic (adjective)
  • averse to,
  • affected,
  • immune sensitive,
  • dyspathetic,
  • susceptible.
  •sensitive (adjective)
  • receptive,
  • sensory,
  • fine,
  • understanding,
  • touchy feely,
  • turned on to,
  • impressible,
  • knowing,
  • sensile,
  • perceptive,
  • seeing,
  • wired,
  • psychic,
  • emotionable,
  • cognizant,
  • precarious,
  • sentient,
  • tense,
  • reactive,
  • umbrageous,
  • acute,
  • nervous,
  • keen,
  • precise,
  • responsive,
  • easily affected,
  • hung up,
  • Susceptive,
  • feeling,
  • conscious,
  • sensorial,
  • tricky,
  • irritable,
  • unstable,
  • tuned in,
  • Perceiving,
  • sensatory.
  •susceptive (adjective)
  • sensible,
  • impressionable.
  •temperamental (adjective)
  • froward,
  • undependable,
  • hotheaded,
  • headstrong,
  • head-strong,
  • cussed,
  • erratic,
  • willful,
  • unpredictable,
  • passionate,
  • ornery,
  • capricious,
  • mercurial,
  • unreliable,
  • in bad mood,
  • uncertain,
  • volatile,
  • mean,
  • easily upset,
  • inconsistent,
  • fiery,
  • petulant,
  • changeable,
  • temperamental,
  • impatient,
  • fickle,
  • variable.
  •tender (adjective)
  • inflamed,
  • aching,
  • bruised,
  • smarting,
  • irritated,
  • raw.
  •thin-skinned (adjective)
  • easily offended,
  • soft,
  • ultrasensitive,
  • easily hurt,
  • vulnerable.
  •touchy (adjective)
  • grumpy,
  • querulous,
  • captious,
  • crabbed,
  • peevish,
  • testy,
  • cross,
  • uptight,
  • grouchy,
  • bad-tempered,
  • cantankerous,
  • quick-tempered,
  • cranky,
  • unsafe,
  • splenetic,
  • wired up,
  • hazardous,
  • wound up,
  • dicey,
  • choleric,
  • risky,
  • irascible,
  • surly.

• n.

  •
  • anaphylactic shock,
  • anaphylaxis,
  • intolerant,
  • allergy.
  •
  • fragile,
  • defensive.
  •
  • impossible,
  • awkward,
  • delicate,
  • thorny,
  • intolerable,
  • difficult,
  • critical,
  • intractable,
  • trying,
  • testing.
  •high-strung (noun)
  • jumpy,
  • fastidious.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • intolerance,
  • prudery,
  • antigen,
  • ticklish,
  • prude,
  • tolerate,
  • oversensitive,
  • pollen count,
  • Chippy,
  • prudish,
  • hypoallergenic,
  • irritant,
  • allergen.
  •
  • prim,
  • sensibility,
  • prissy,
  • sensitize,
  • moody,
  • irritate,
  • emotional.
  •
  • react.
  •
  • sensitivity.
  •
  • reaction.
  •high-strung
  • overstrung.

Antonyms for Hypersensitive:

• adj.

  • sensitive
    insensitive, laid-back, imprecise, indifferent, unaware, unfeeling, ignorant, thick-skinned, strong, loose, unresponsive, heartless, calm, unsusceptible, impassive, numb.
  • temperamental
    happy, pleased, dependable, stable, steady, constant, tolerant, reliable, peaceful, easygoing, unvarying, predictable, unchanging, easy-going, steadfast.
  • tender
    older, callous, uncaring, hard, healthy, tough, ok, mature, unloving, rough, experienced, Unpained.
  • touchy
    firm, sure, safe, unflappable, easy, collected, certain.
  • Other antonyms:
    insusceptible.

Hypersensitive Sentence Examples:

• McCorquodale's remarks about the Honorable Milton Waring had been addressed to McCorquodale's two companions; there had been no intent to insult the Honorable Milton Waring's nephew who sat at the next table in the restaurant, none of the three worthies being aware that they were within earshot of a hypersensitive member of the honorable gentleman's family.