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hypersensitive

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hypersensitive
abnormally sensitive to an allergen, a drug, or other agent


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"I am afraid," he said quietly, "that you are in a nervous, hypersensitive state.
I may be hypersensitive,' she said, dropping her voice from the accusatory register to the lower tones of pathos, 'but I have such high ideals of love.
{make one = be included; bon ton = superior manners and culture; notice her = include her socially; "aristocratic" = Cooper was hypersensitive to accusations of being "aristocratic"; poor Poles = since his days in Paris in the early 1830s, Cooper had befriended and aided Poles fleeing Russian domination of their homeland}
 
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