hypersensitized
hypersensitized is the simple past and past participle of hypersensitize.
Meaning of hypersensitize
Verb
hypersensitize (third-person singular simple present hypersensitizes, present participle hypersensitizing, simple past and past participle hypersensitized)
- To become excessively sensitized.
- The pragmatic journalist’s daughter would, and did, explain these “memories” as the work of an imagination hypersensitized by her father’s recent death, but a detail in one letter will not be dismissed. Robert Frobisher mentions a comet-shaped birthmark between his shoulder blade and collarbone.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 120
Adjective
hypersensitized (comparative more hypersensitized, superlative most hypersensitized)
- Made hypersensitive.
Forms of hypersensitized
| comparative | more hypersensitized |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hypersensitized |
Questions about hypersensitized
- What does hypersensitized mean?
- Hypersensitized means made hypersensitive.
- What is hypersensitized the simple past and past participle of?
- Hypersensitized is the simple past and past participle of hypersensitize.
- What part of speech is hypersensitized?
- Hypersensitized is an adjective.
Words near hypersensitized in the dictionary
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