Synonyms of hypersensitive

hypersensitive

adjective

as in oversensitive

Related Words

• oversensitive
• supersensitive
• sensitive
• tetchy
• touchy
• irritable
• ticklish
• thin-skinned
• huffy
• petulant
• tender
• peevish
• testy
• snappish
• irascible
• grouchy
• crotchety
• pettish
• waspish
• grumpy
• cross
• crabby
• choleric
• snarky
• stuffy
• disagreeable
• cranky
• cantankerous
• dyspeptic
• prickly
• perverse
• stroppy
• snippy
• short-tempered
• querulous
• ornery
• raspy
• bilious
• curmudgeonly
• surly
• quick-tempered
• cross-grained
• ratty
• bearish
• ill-natured
• snippety
• ill-humored
• ill-tempered
• snappy

Dissimilar Words

• agreeable
• amiable
• good-natured
• thick-skinned
• carefree
• unconcerned
• easygoing
• relaxed
• well-disposed
• understanding
• good-tempered
• forbearing
• long-suffering
• obliging
• happy-go-lucky

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hypersensitive

My own favorite album is Huntington Ashram Monastery—split equally between piano and harp, with the note-perfect complement of Ron Carter’s hypnotic double bass and Rashied Ali’s hypersensitive drums. — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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

However, people who are hypersensitive to other stinging insects are at higher risk of anaphylactic response to Asian needle ant stings. — Eva Flowe june 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026