ultrasensitive
Reacts to everything
Ultrasensitive means extremely sensitive—responsive to the slightest stimulus or variation.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: an ultrasensitive detector registers minute traces, an ultrasensitive test identifies conditions at very low thresholds.
Applied to people, it suggests someone who reacts intensely to criticism, allergens, or emotional cues: He's ultrasensitive about his weight.
Exactly correct, no error
- accurateConforming to fact
- fine-tunedPrecisely calibrated for optimal results
- calibratedAdjusted for accuracy
- responsiveQuick to react
discerning · discriminating · perceptive · acute · keen · sharp · refined · nuanced
Abnormally quick to respond
- overreactiveResponding beyond what's warranted
- allergicAdversely reactive to substances
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- inflammatoryTending to provoke outrage
intolerant · photosensitive · reactive · responsive · susceptible · prone · vulnerable · sensitized
Easily hurt by remarks
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
tender · impressionable · empathetic · perceptive · intuitive · highly-strung · temperamental · delicate
Adjusted for accuracy
- fine-tunedPrecisely calibrated for optimal results
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- advancedFar along in development
- specializedAdapted for particular function
scientific · analytical · diagnostic · seismographic · photometric · nanoscale · microscopic · state-of-the-art
precise
Exactly correct, no error
- accurateConforming to fact
- fine-tunedPrecisely calibrated for optimal results
- calibratedAdjusted for accuracy
responsive · discerning · discriminating · perceptive · acute · keen · sharp · refined · nuanced · subtle
hyperreactive
Abnormally quick to respond
- overreactiveResponding beyond what's warranted
- allergicAdversely reactive to substances
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
inflammatory · intolerant · photosensitive · reactive · responsive · susceptible · prone · vulnerable · sensitized · anaphylactic
thin-skinned
Easily hurt by remarks
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- vulnerableOpen to attack
fragile · tender · impressionable · empathetic · perceptive · intuitive · highly-strung · temperamental · delicate · raw
calibrated
Adjusted for accuracy
- fine-tunedPrecisely calibrated for optimal results
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- advancedFar along in development
specialized · scientific · analytical · diagnostic · seismographic · photometric · nanoscale · microscopic · state-of-the-art · cutting-edge
- ultra-ultraviolet, ultrasound, ultramarine, ultrafast, ultrahigh
ultrasensitiveinsensitive
Unaware of others' emotions
unresponsive · crude · imprecise · coarse · blunt
ultrasensitivethick-skinned
Resistant to criticism
insensitive · unflappable · stoic · callous · hardened
sensitive, sensitivity, insensitive, ultra, sensual, sensor, insensitivity, desensitize, oversensitive