hyperresponsive
adjective
(alsohyper-responsive)uk/ˌhaɪ.pə.rɪˈspɒn.sɪv/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚ.rɪˈspɑːn.sɪv/showinga verystrongresponse(=reaction)tostimuli(= things thatcauseareaction):
Thesepatientsarepresumedto be hyperresponsivetocognitiveandemotionalstimuli.
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- IndividualssufferingfromPTSDcan be hyper-responsive tofuturefearfulsituations.
- The country’s newleadersare hyper-responsive tomediaandonlinepublicopinion.
- The mostbasicdefinitionofasthmais hyper-responsiveairwaydiseasethat isreversible.
Reacting and responding
- act onsomething
- backlash
- bat
- batsomethingback
- bite
- bite back (atsomeone/something)
- overreaction
- pearl-clutching
- play it by earidiom
- press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
- press/push/hit (all) the right buttonsidiom
- reaction
- respond
- sensitive
- supersensitivity
- ticklish
- ultra-sensitive
- wake
- wake up!idiom
- whitelash