hypersensitiveadjective
uk/ˌhaɪ.pəˈsen.sɪ.tɪv/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/too easily upset by criticism:
He's hypersensitive about his height.
very easily influenced, changed, or damaged, especially by a physical activity or effect:
hypersensitive skin
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Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ant
- antsy
- at the end of your tether idiom 1
- at the end of your tether
- be in a whirl idiom
- explosive
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collar idiom
- hyper
- hyperactive
- hysteria
- hysterics
- sensitive
- shock
- stomach
- tether
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- worked up
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