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

Creators described feeling hypersensitive to how their posts performed, and spending more and more time each day monitoring them.

— Julianna Pillemer, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026
Blurry vision, a stiff neck, hypersensitive skin, numbness and weakness that would come and go.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 13 Aug. 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

The danger is particularly acute because health authorities are already struggling to keep up with the virus.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Some of the most common diagnoses among Boyle Heights patients included the toxic effects of smoke, contact/exposure to hazardous substances, acute upper respiratory infection, headaches and other eye and adnexa disorders.

— Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 18 Aug. 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

The Water element is intuitive and receptive, making Scorpio’s Fixed waters polarizing, penetrating and all-seeing.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Some are ideologically conservative and unlikely to support Raman, while others backed Pratt because of dissatisfaction with the political establishment and could be receptive to a challenger.

— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026