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Adjective: hypersensitive  `hIpur'sensitiv
  1. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
    "hypersensitive to pollen"
    - allergic, hypersensitized, hypersensitised [Brit], sensitized, sensitised [Brit], supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised

See also: hypersensitivity, susceptible

Encyclopedia: Hypersensitive