as in oversensitive
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Recent Examples of hypersensitive
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).
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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
But this steady diet of praise has made the generals hypersensitive to criticism.
—Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
Allergic reactions occur when a person's immune system is hypersensitive to a substance (allergen).
—Daniel More, Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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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
But this steady diet of praise has made the generals hypersensitive to criticism.
—Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
Allergic reactions occur when a person's immune system is hypersensitive to a substance (allergen).
—Daniel More, Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypersensitive
Adjective
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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
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These young ideas rarely do — and the invaluable lesson that students glean from that realization will be lost forever if administrators cut them off at the knees by continuing to appease oversensitive cry-bullies whose antics threaten these vital sandboxes.—
Brian Anderson,
National Review,
12 Sep. 2020
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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The suit filed Tuesday is the second from a religious group to challenge the Trump administration's lifting of the sensitive locations policy.—
Sarah Ventre,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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State of play: Immigration officials can raid churches and schools to arrest undocumented immigrants after the Trump administration scrapped a policy that protected sensitive spaces, Axios' April Rubin writes.—
Alex Golden,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Hypersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypersensitive. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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