as in hypersensitive
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Recent Examples of hair-trigger
The real uncertainties in the bond market are lodged in the larger complexities and flammable preconditions resulting from highly leveraged speculative positions set to unwind on a hair-trigger.
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George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
But does the Sandman still have the fire in him to play a hockey player turned golfer powered by his hair-trigger temper?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina Fey in 30 Rock Ali Goldstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
Yet the hair-trigger sensitivities of audiences predisposed to judge Fey harshly have also fueled ridiculous backlashes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
And though a restless, hair-trigger sort of mood has enveloped Madrid for much of the season, their campaign retains considerable promise.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 10 Feb. 2025
Microsoft has refined every aspect of this controller and added some great new additions like adjustable-tension thumbsticks, even shorter hair-trigger locks, USB-C, and Bluetooth connectivity.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, there is a lot of physical stuff in ‘Planes, Trains’ and a lot that turns on a combination of sight gags and the comedians’ hair-trigger timing.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
The building is infamously stubborn, with decades-old antibodies on hair-trigger alert for anything too radical.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
But does the Sandman still have the fire in him to play a hockey player turned golfer powered by his hair-trigger temper?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina Fey in 30 Rock Ali Goldstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
Yet the hair-trigger sensitivities of audiences predisposed to judge Fey harshly have also fueled ridiculous backlashes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
And though a restless, hair-trigger sort of mood has enveloped Madrid for much of the season, their campaign retains considerable promise.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 10 Feb. 2025
Microsoft has refined every aspect of this controller and added some great new additions like adjustable-tension thumbsticks, even shorter hair-trigger locks, USB-C, and Bluetooth connectivity.
—Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, there is a lot of physical stuff in ‘Planes, Trains’ and a lot that turns on a combination of sight gags and the comedians’ hair-trigger timing.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
The building is infamously stubborn, with decades-old antibodies on hair-trigger alert for anything too radical.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hair-trigger
Adjective
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Lee was an editor, writer, ringleader and often the initial spark for a new character: What about a blind lawyer who fights crime using his other hypersensitive senses and was kind of a daredevil?—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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What used to be a politics of tolerance and inclusion is now seen—often rightly—as obsessed with identity, hypersensitive to offense, and incapable of self-criticism.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
9 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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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
Adjective
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That is the precise formula the Pacers had used defensively to eradicate the Milwaukee Bucks and Cavs and push the Knicks to the brink of elimination.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Producing energy depends on precise teamwork between nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA, like two musicians playing in perfect harmony.—
Elay Shech,
The Conversation,
30 May 2025
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“Hair-trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-trigger. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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