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allergic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective allergic has 2 senses
- allergic(a = adj.pert) Array - characterized by or caused by allergy; "an allergic reaction" Derived form noun allergy1
- allergic(s = adj.all) hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized - having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" Derived form noun allergy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
allergic, adj.
- of or pertaining to allergy. [WordNet 1.5]
- having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibilty especially to a specific factor [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
allergic, adj.
1 (foll. by to) a having an allergy to. b colloq. having a strong dislike for (a person or thing).
2 caused by or relating to an allergy.
1 (foll. by to) a having an allergy to. b colloq. having a strong dislike for (a person or thing).
2 caused by or relating to an allergy.
THESAURUS
allergic
anaphylactic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, averse, bilious, cancerous, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, delicate, disaffected, disenchanted, disinclined, displeased, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, empathetic, empathic, encephalitic, epileptic, goosy, hostile, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, irritable, itchy, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, nervous, neuralgic, neuritic, not charmed, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, palsied, paralytic, passible, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, prickly, put off, rachitic, refined, responsive, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, sensitive, skittish, supersensitive, sympathetic, tabetic, tabid, tactful, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous, unfriendly
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