as in afraid
having a natural dislike for something
a lover of the outdoors who claims to be allergic to desk jobs
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Recent Examples of allergic
While the risk of an in-flight allergic reaction can cause concern for travelers, such incidents remain relatively rare.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Infections and allergic reactions aren’t often reported to health departments.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Instead of focusing on the joys of loving cohabitation and coming across poignantly allergic to controversy, like Miley Cyrus’s Younger Now or the Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco album, Swift has chosen chaos.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
People who are at risk of severe allergic reactions are advised to carry EpiPens with them at all times.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Infections and allergic reactions aren’t often reported to health departments.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Instead of focusing on the joys of loving cohabitation and coming across poignantly allergic to controversy, like Miley Cyrus’s Younger Now or the Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco album, Swift has chosen chaos.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
People who are at risk of severe allergic reactions are advised to carry EpiPens with them at all times.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allergic
Adjective
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Even with more women 55 and older in the workforce than ever before, women often are afraid to talk about menopause in the office.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bohemian homes are never afraid of color, particularly when AD100 designer Justina Blakeney is involved.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her own dentist was reluctant to talk to her about it.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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But employers are still reluctant to part with workers given the lessons from the Covid pandemic, when a rash of layoffs in the early stages was followed by the monumental task of refilling those jobs.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That's directly opposed to what the current wisdom says.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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With all members present, Johnson can currently only afford to lose two Republican votes on any bill, assuming all Democrats are opposed.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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More than a third of Americans don’t even read the news, and an astonishing number of people from both parties report actual hatred for one another—including 23 percent in 2023 who favored violence should the opposing party win the next election.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The program said the opposing aircraft broke off the engagement and withdrew from the area, and the jet model involved had not returned to the Chinese coast since.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Then, drug-averse singer Roger Daltrey got dosed with LSD in a cup of tea.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the former, a careful, risk-averse approach saw Frank set up in a 3-5-2 system to thwart the creative threat from Luis Enrique’s side and congest central areas, with Rodrigo Bentancur, Joao Palhinha and Pape Matar Sarr an excellent, combative midfield trio.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Allergic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allergic. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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