HYPERSENSITIVE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

hypersensitive

adjective

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as in oversensitive

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Recent Examples of hypersensitive My own favorite album is Huntington Ashram Monastery—split equally between piano and harp, with the note-perfect complement of Ron Carter’s hypnotic double bass and Rashied Ali’s hypersensitive drums. — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Back then, Plavsick’s own personal needs—as someone with hypersensitive skin and a new mom perpetually short on time—inspired the formula. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 July 2026 The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 However, people who are hypersensitive to other stinging insects are at higher risk of anaphylactic response to Asian needle ant stings. — Eva Flowe june 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hypersensitive

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Adjective

Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.

— Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023

Definition of oversensitive

Adjective

Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.

— Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024

Definition of supersensitive

Adjective

Those could include remote sensors, autonomous underwater vehicles and other equipment that requires persistent, low-visibility power in remote and sensitive offshore and coastal environments, as well as power resiliency for forward military bases.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Musk’s officials infiltrated department after department, canceling contracts, firing employees, viewing sensitive data, and kneecapping programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as foreign aid.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

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