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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hypersensitive
adjective: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: {allergic}, {hypersensitized}, {hypersensitised}, {sensitized}, {sensitised}, {supersensitive}, {supersensitized}, {supersensitised}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypersensitive": allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy, hairsplitting, high-strung, hypercritical, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, irritable, itchy, miffy, morbidly sensitive, nervous, overconscientious, overcritical, overfastidious, overmeticulous, overnice, overparticular, overprecise, overrefined, overscrupulous, oversensible, oversensitive, oversqueamish, overtender, passible, prickly, refined, responsive, sensitive, skittish, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactful, temperamental, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy, ultracritical
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