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allergic

Syllables: al·ler·gicUK/əˈlɜː.dʒɪk//əˈlɝ.d͡ʒɪk/

allergic adjective: of or pertaining to allergy.

Adjective

allergic (comparative more allergic, superlative most allergic)

  1. Of or pertaining to allergy.
  2. Having an allergy.
    • I am allergic to cats.
  3. (figuratively, humorous) Highly averse.
    • I'm allergic to homework.

Noun

allergic (plural allergics)

  1. A person who has an allergy.

allergic meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

allergic in Malayalam

sensitive, hypersensi-tive, sensitized
അസാധാരണ പ്രതികരണമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അധികസംവേദനമുള്ള, വേഗം വികാരം കൊള്ളുന്ന, തീവ്രപ്രതികരണമുളവാക്കുന്ന, അമിതമായ പ്രതികരണമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അമിതപ്രതികരണ പ്രവണതയുള്ള
hostile, averse, opposed
വിരോധമുള്ള, നല്ലപ്രതികരണം ഉളവാക്കാത്ത, ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടാത്ത, പ്രതികൂലഭാവമുള്ള, വെറുപ്പുള്ള, വിദ്വിഷത്ത്

allergic in Kannada

ಒಗ್ಗದಿಕೆಯ, ಅಸಹನೀಯ, ಅಸಹಿಷ್ಣುವಾದ

Examples of allergic in a sentence

  • The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.
  • When I last tried to eat strawberries I had a terrible allergic reaction.
  • I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites.

All 24 example sentences with allergic

Forms of allergic

Adjective
comparativemore allergic
superlativemost allergic
Noun
pluralallergics

Origin of allergic

From allergy + -ic.

Words formed from allergic

Phrases with allergic

Words that rhyme with allergic

Questions about allergic

What does allergic mean?
Allergic means of or pertaining to allergy.
What is allergic in Malayalam?
Allergic in Malayalam is അസാധാരണ പ്രതികരണമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അധികസംവേദനമുള്ള, വേഗം വികാരം കൊള്ളുന്ന. See Allergic meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is allergic?
Allergic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce allergic?
Allergic is pronounced /əˈlɜː.dʒɪk/ (UK).

Words near allergic in the dictionary

  1. allergenome
  2. allergenomes
  3. allergenomic
  4. allergenomics
  5. allergens
  6. allergic
  7. allergic response
  8. allergic responses
  9. allergic rhinitis
  10. allergic salute
  11. allergic salutes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: allergic (page history and authors); allergic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); allergic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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