hyperresponsive
Too easily triggered
Hyperresponsive describes an exaggerated or excessive reaction to a stimulus.
In medicine, it often refers to immune systems or airways that overreact: hyperresponsive bronchial tissue, a hyperresponsive immune response to allergens.
More broadly, it can describe anyone or anything that reacts too strongly or too quickly: The market has become hyperresponsive to every rumor.
Excessively prone to offense
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
excitable · defensive · reactive · easily offended · hair-trigger · prickly · irritable · snappish
Excessively aroused sensorially
- sensoryRelated to perception
- startleFrighten suddenly
- flinchInvoluntary retreat from threat
- twitchyNervously prone to spasms
jumpy · jittery · heightened · stimulus · threshold · reflex · hyperstimulation · nervous system
Adversely reactive to substances
- hypersensitiveExcessively reactive to stimuli
- reactiveTending to respond
- sensitizedMade responsive to stimuli
- inflammatoryTending to provoke outrage
histamine · anaphylactic · autoimmune · immunological · triggered · flare-up · intolerance · susceptible
Excessively prone to offense
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- triggerWhat initiates action
- feedbackReturned response data
sensor · detection · false positive · amplified · gain · signal · input · adjustment
oversensitive
Excessively prone to offense
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- volatileLiable to sudden change
temperamental · excitable · defensive · reactive · easily offended · hair-trigger · prickly · irritable · snappish · quick-tempered
overstimulated
Excessively aroused sensorially
twitchy · jumpy · jittery · heightened · stimulus · threshold · reflex · hyperstimulation · nervous system · fight-or-flight
allergic
Adversely reactive to substances
- hypersensitiveExcessively reactive to stimuli
- reactiveTending to respond
- sensitizedMade responsive to stimuli
inflammatory · histamine · anaphylactic · autoimmune · immunological · triggered · flare-up · intolerance · susceptible · prone
oversensitive
Excessively prone to offense
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- triggerWhat initiates action
feedback · sensor · detection · false positive · amplified · gain · signal · input · adjustment · tolerance
hyperresponsiveunresponsive
Failing to react or reply
nonresponsive · sluggish · muted · dampened · inert
hyperresponsiveinsensitive
Unaware of others' emotions
desensitized · hyposensitive · tolerant · resistant · impervious
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