Allergic

English

Adjective

Allergic (comparative more Allergic, superlative most Allergic)

1. Of or pertaining to allergy.
2. Having an allergy.
3. Excessively sensitive; susceptible.

Thesaurus

anemic; apoplectic; arthritic; averse; bilious; cancerous; colicky; consumptive; delicate; disaffected; disenchanted; disinclined; displeased; dropsical; dyspeptic; empathetic; empathic; encephalitic; epileptic; hostile; hypersensitive; irritable; itchy; leprous; malarial; malignant; measly; nephritic; nervous; neuralgic; neuritic; not charmed; overrefined; oversensitive; palsied; paralytic; prickly; put off; refined; responsive; rheumatic; rickety; scorbutic; scrofulous; sensitive; skittish; sympathetic; tactful; tender; tetchy; thin-skinned; ticklish; touchy; tubercular; tuberculous; tumorous; unfriendly

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-lûrʹ-jĭk, IPA: /ə.ˈlɜr.dʒɪk/, SAMPA: /@."l3r.dZIk/
  • (UK) IPA: [ə.ˈlɜː.dʒɪk], SAMPA: [@."l3:.dZIk]
  • (US) IPA: [ə.ˈlɝ.dʒɪk], SAMPA: [@."l3`.dZIk]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒɪk
• Hyphenation: al‧ler‧gic