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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Supersensitive \Su'per*sen"si*tive\, adjective Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. -- {Su'per*sen"si*tive*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
supersensitive
adjective: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: {allergic}, {hypersensitive}, {hypersensitized}, {hypersensitised}, {sensitized}, {sensitised}, {supersensitized}, {supersensitised}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "supersensitive": allergic, anaphylactic, delicate, empathetic, empathic, goosy, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, irritable, itchy, nervous, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, passible, prickly, refined, responsive, sensitive, skittish, sympathetic, tactful, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy
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