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Recent Examples of hypersensitive
This new immunity might also have had a downside in the form of allergies that come with a hypersensitive immune system.
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Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Untold generations of cowering have written fear into our genes, rendering us hypersensitive to threats of harm.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
In contrast, vulnerable narcissistic leaders are insecure, hypersensitive to feedback, and prone to emotional volatility (e.g., Richard Nixon, Christina Kirchner, Vladimir Putin, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs).
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Sensitivity to cold: After frostbite, the affected areas may become hypersensitive to cold, making future cold exposure more uncomfortable.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Untold generations of cowering have written fear into our genes, rendering us hypersensitive to threats of harm.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
In contrast, vulnerable narcissistic leaders are insecure, hypersensitive to feedback, and prone to emotional volatility (e.g., Richard Nixon, Christina Kirchner, Vladimir Putin, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs).
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Sensitivity to cold: After frostbite, the affected areas may become hypersensitive to cold, making future cold exposure more uncomfortable.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypersensitive
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
9 Sep. 2024
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The problem is that investors are supersensitive to the Fed’s views.—
James Mackintosh,
WSJ,
22 June 2021
Adjective
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Cooling, calming, and tailor-made for sensitive skin, this mask drapes delicately across your face to deliver a serious hit of cica (Centella asiatica) and allantoin—soothing redness and dryness in minutes.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
10 Apr. 2025
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In late March, four Taiwanese soldiers, three of whom were part of a unit that provides security for Taiwan’s Presidential Office, were jailed for up to seven years after being convicted of selling pictures of sensitive information to China.—
Eryk Michael Smith,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Hypersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypersensitive. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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