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Definition: Supersensitive |
SupersensitiveAdjective1. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "supersensitive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Synonyms: SupersensitiveSynonyms: allergic (adj), hypersensitised (adj), hypersensitive (adj), hypersensitized (adj), sensitised (adj), sensitized (adj), supersensitised (adj), supersensitized (adj). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | One theory is that cells in these parts of the brain may be supersensitive to this abnormal protein. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "supersensitive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | supersensibël, tepër i ndjeshëm (hypersensitive, supersensible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفرط الحساسية (hypersensitive, overstrung), حساس جدا (highly strung). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свръхчувствителен (allergic, hypersensitive, neurotic, tremulous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hypersenzitivní (hypersensitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hypersensible. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ר'יש ביותר (highly strung). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlérzékeny (highly strung, sensitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | upersensitivesay supersensível (overstrung). (various references) hipersensibil (hypersensitive). (various references) сверхчувствительный (hypersensitive). (various references) preosetljiv (hypersensitive). (various references) extremadamente sensible (supersensible). (various references) överkänslig (be squeamish, hyperaesthetic, hypersensitive, oversensitive, sensitive, squeamish, thin-skinned). (various references) aşırı hassas (hypersensitive, on edge, peckish, soulful), aşırı duygusal (gooey, histrionic, impressible, impressionable, mushy, over-sensitive, schmaltzy, slobbery, slushy, soppy, syrupy, treacly). (various references) надчутливий (supersensible). (various references) cảm xúc quá độ quá nhạy cảm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "supersensitive": supersensitively. (additional references) | |
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"Supersensitive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: supersentitive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "supersensitive" (pronounced 'Su`per*sen"si*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-i-n-p-r-s-s-s-t-u-v" | |
-3 letters: restiveness. | |
-4 letters: enuresises, intrusives, neuritises, pertnesses, purenesses, ripenesses, sensitives, serenities, severities, supervenes, supervises, suspensive, truenesses, vespertine. | |
-5 letters: eruptives, eternises, insisters, intrusive, pertussis, pretenses, preunites, priestess, prissiest, pursiness, reinvests, reinvites, resistive, rustiness, sensitise, sensitive, seventies, sirventes, spinsters, steepness, supersets, supervene, supervise, suspenser, terseness, tipsiness, universes, uveitises. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-i-n-p-r-s-s-s-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: disruptivenesses, supersensitively. | |
+4 letters: supersensitivities. | |
+5 letters: prefigurativenesses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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