Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supersensitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-sen-si-tive
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely sensitive.

Etymology

From super- + sensitive. Doublet of hypersensitive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more supersensitive (comparative) most supersensitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

supersensitively supersensitiveness supersensitivity

Synonyms

allergic hypersensitive hypersensitized hypersensitised sensitized sensitised supersensitized supersensitised

Questions

What does supersensitive mean?
Extremely sensitive.
Where does supersensitive come from?
From super- + sensitive. Doublet of hypersensitive.

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