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

Imagine creating a new standard of hypersensitive caution about attracting even the most persnickety media criticism, and then applying it for the first time to your son’s wedding. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

Americans are hypersensitive to cost increases after years of price spikes. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026

Ignoring the hypersensitive economy, the administration is demanding interest-rate cuts and raising doubts about the Fed’s future independence. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026

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. — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026