supersensitive

Examples

• All

• During darkness, the visual association areas of the brain, specifically the occipital and temporal lobes, become supersensitive during visual deprivation.

  Academic text (1994)

• Nokia unfortunately has a WVGA screen, but it comes with ClearBlack and a supersensitive screen. On top of that, it has expandable storage.

  Blog text (22)

• I always feel when someone isn't circumcised, as though they were more vulnerable or supersensitive, anyway, requiring the most thoughtful attention I can offer.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Hinestroza has made advancements to the electrospinning process that enabled him to create his supersensitive biofilters.

  Academic text (2006)

• The Finns knew that their great eastern neighbor could be supersensitive and unpredictable, and that some of the most surprising Soviet actions were motivated by considerations never properly analyzed or perceived by the West.

  Academic text (1992)

• - Yeah, it's not that it didn't feel like the best thing ever, I just--oh, I just know I'm a supersensitive person, and I'm probably gonna turn psychotically obsessed with you If we do it, and then you'll go back to school in California, and your parents are moving away.

  Hollidaysburg (2014)

• What a cold eye they cast on life and death, reproving one supersensitive plant who used to sweep the sidewalk outside his front door to be sure he didn't tread on an insect.

  Fiction book (2001)

• After the allergic reaction, she found her skin was supersensitive to any kind of lotion or cream.

• He realized that he was supersensitive to pollen, causing severe sneezing during springtime.

• Many children with certain conditions can be supersensitive to loud noises and bright lights.

Synonyms

A

allergic

vssupersensitive

258 3.1

Reacting badly to foods, pollen, or animals

is broader, covering strong reactions beyond diagnosed allergies

H

hypersensitive

vssupersensitive

• Specialized

2 6.6

Reacting strongly to certain things like foods or pollen and causing allergy symptoms

is the general term for an unusually strong reaction or allergy tendency

H

hypersensitized

vssupersensitive

• Specialized

1 8.6

Very sensitive to a substance or trigger after earlier exposure

describes a strong reaction without implying prior exposure

S

supersensitized

vssupersensitive

• Literature

9.1

Very sensitive to things like allergens or medicines

is used more generally for unusually strong reactions

S

sensitized

vssupersensitive

6.8

Allergic to a substance and likely to have a strong reaction

covers strong reactions whether learned or innate

H

hyperreactive

vssupersensitive

• Specialized

8.2

Showing a very strong reaction to things like pollen or stress

focuses more on reactions to substances and allergy tendency

Antonyms

U

unresponsive

20 4.7

Not reacting to touch, sound, or commands

I

insensitive

• Specialized

5 4.5

Not affected by things like touch, heat, or light

How Sensitive

supersensitive

• Specialized

1 7.3

hypersensitive

6 6.7

oversensitive

7 5.6

reactive

24 4.3

sensitive

217 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology