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Surviving a moment entails living it nine times at the same time, each time with hypersensitive curiosity and skepticism on behalf of nine distinct subjectivities, all of them perfectly capable of thinking for themselves and making everything more complicated.
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Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026
This would include active eczema, psoriasis flare ups, or people with hypersensitive skin.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
Jean-Michel Beuriot, Philippe Richelle Between 2001 and 2023, the award-winning saga Amours Fragiles told the story of Martin Mahner, a young, hypersensitive German, through the rise of Nazism and the war years.
—Ernesto Lechner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
Ruling Out Medical Causes Violet, from Ontario, Canada, was tested for celiac disease (CD), a lifelong autoimmune disorder in which the small intestine is hypersensitive to gluten, interfering with nutrient absorption and sometimes affecting growth.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
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Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026
This would include active eczema, psoriasis flare ups, or people with hypersensitive skin.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
Jean-Michel Beuriot, Philippe Richelle Between 2001 and 2023, the award-winning saga Amours Fragiles told the story of Martin Mahner, a young, hypersensitive German, through the rise of Nazism and the war years.
—Ernesto Lechner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
Ruling Out Medical Causes Violet, from Ontario, Canada, was tested for celiac disease (CD), a lifelong autoimmune disorder in which the small intestine is hypersensitive to gluten, interfering with nutrient absorption and sometimes affecting growth.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypersensitive
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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Your eyes become supersensitive to sunlight: Some people with nr-axSpA will also have a condition called uveitis.—
Alice Oglethorpe,
SELF,
18 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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But in all these cases, unopened soda is shelf-stable and not sensitive to refrigeration cycles.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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Raw vegetables may preserve nutrients that are sensitive to heat, while cooked vegetables can make others easier to absorb.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
24 May 2026
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“Hypersensitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypersensitive. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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