hypersensitised

1. 1.

   having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

   “allergic children”

   “hypersensitive to pollen”

   Synonymsallergichypersensitivehypersensitizedsensitizedsensitisedsupersensitivesupersensitizedsupersensitised

   Similarsusceptible

Questions about hypersensitised

What does hypersensitised mean?

hypersensitised means "having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)".

How many syllables are in hypersensitised?

hypersensitised has 5 syllables: hyper-sen-si-ti-sed. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for hypersensitised?

Close synonyms include allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitized, sensitised. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypersensitised a common word?

hypersensitised is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.