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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The Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission unanimously denied the Archdiocese's petition to bulldoze the church and its rectory after a hearing that drew about a hundred people, most opposed to demolition.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Democrats favored a shutdown by just 47% to 43%, while 59% of independents were opposed.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
2 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
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But if the legislation doesn't get through the current regulation-averse Congress, then states need to take strong action on their own, Levant says.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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As a speaker and an interviewer, Klein is exceedingly intelligent, fluid, and, if not conflict-averse, exactly, then polite.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Allergic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allergic. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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