HYPERACUTE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

hyperacute

adjective

Definition of hyperacute

as in hypersensitive

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Recent Examples of hyperacute It's called a hyperacute rejection, where, within minutes, the body starts to attack, the organ starts to turn black. — Terry Gross, NPR, 16 Sep. 2025 The hub is esteemed as the regional specialist intensive care unit for major trauma, neurosciences, hyperacute stroke unit, renal medicine, vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery, burns and infectious diseases, a palace statement said. — Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025 Some edits disabled three genes involved in hyperacute rejection, which occurs minutes after a transplant when the recipient’s immune system recognizes the new organ as foreign. — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023 Everything that’s matchless about Raban’s work — his hyperacute eye for detail, his powers of synthesis, his mordant sense of humor, his vast reservoirs of knowledge and his love of travel — is there. — Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023 In hyperacute rejection, large blood clots rapidly form, obstructing the blood supply of the donor organ. — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperacute

Adjective

Back then, Plavsick’s own personal needs—as someone with hypersensitive skin and a new mom perpetually short on time—inspired the formula.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 July 2026
The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of hypersensitive

Adjective

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
Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.

— Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024

Definition of supersensitive

Adjective

However, Venus is getting some harsh contact from Mars and Saturn, which probably feels most acute on August 21, when Venus opposes Saturn.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
These figures reflect the dismal state of rural-health-care infrastructure, which is particularly acute in maternity care.

— Keith Humphreys, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

Definition of acute

Adjective

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
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

Definition of oversensitive

Adjective

That gallery feels like the perfect frame for Aitken’s work, at once spacious and enfolding, spare and receptive to all that visual and sonic plushness.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Consumers who understand a brand’s identity often require less convincing during the purchase process and may be more receptive to line extensions and product launches.

— Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026