hypersensitive
/hʌɪpəˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
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American sound/hʌɪpəˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
hʌɪpəˈsɛnsɪtɪv
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hʌɪpə - ˈsɛnsɪtɪv -> hypersensitive
Myanmar meaning
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hypersensitive /haÇpǝ'sensǝtÇv/ adj
၁။ အရေမထူသော။ အထိမခံသော။ စိတ်ထိခိုက်လွယ်သော။ She's hypersensitive about her weight.
၂။ ~ (to sth) ခံနိုင်ရည်မရှိသော။ hypersensitivity /haÇpǝ- sensǝ'tÇvǝti/ n [U]
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- hypersensitive /haÇpǝ'sensǝtÇv/ adj ၁။ အရေမထူသော။ အထိမခံသော။ စိတ်ထိခိုက်လွယ်သော။ She's hypersensitive about her weight. ၂။ ~ (to sth) ခံနိုင်ရည်မရှိသော။ hypersensitivity /haÇpǝ- sensǝ'tÇvǝti/ n [U]
Synonyms
touchy, oversensitive, aching, acute, affected, averse to, bad-tempered, bruised, bundle of nerves, cantankerous, capricious, captious, changeable, choleric, cognizant, conscious, crabbed, cranky, cross, cussed, delicate, dicey, dyspathetic, easily affected, easily hurt, easily offended, easily upset, emotionable, emotional, erratic, etc., excitable, explosive, feeling, fickle, fiery, fine, froward, grouchy, grumpy, hazardous, headstrong, high-strung, hotheaded, hung up, hyper, immune sensitive, impatient, impressible, impressionable, in bad mood, inconsistent, inflamed, irascible, irritable, irritated, jumpy, keen, knowing, material, mean, mercurial, nervous, neurotic, ornery, painful, passionate, peevish, perceiving, perceptive, perturbable, pettish, petulant, precarious, precise, psychic, querulous, quick to take offense, quick-tempered, raw, reactive, receptive, responsive, risky, seeing, sensatory, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sensitized, sensorial, sensory, sentient, smarting, soft, sore, splenetic, supersensitive, surly, susceptible, temperamental, tense, testy, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy feely, tricky, tuned in, turned on to, ultrasensitive, umbrageous, uncertain, undependable, understanding, unpredictable, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, uptight, variable, volatile, vulnerable, willful, wired, wired up, wound up
Antonyms
OK, callous, calm, certain, collected, constant, dependable, easy, easy-going, easygoing, experienced, firm, happy, hard, healthy, heartless, ignorant, impassive, imprecise, indifferent, insensitive, laid-back, loose, mature, numb, older, peaceful, pleased, predictable, reliable, rough, safe, stable, steadfast, steady, strong, sure, thick-skinned, tolerant, tough, unaware, uncaring, unchanging, unfeeling, unflappable, unloving, unpained, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unvarying
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