as in hypersensitive
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Recent Examples of hair-trigger
Microsoft has refined every aspect of this controller and added some great new additions like adjustable-tension thumbsticks, even shorter hair-trigger locks, USB-C, and Bluetooth connectivity.
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Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
The building is infamously stubborn, with decades-old antibodies on hair-trigger alert for anything too radical.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
For all its Formula One credentials, for all its flashy virility and hair-trigger handling, the McLaren also sets a new supercar standard for inner peace.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
Other than that explosive, hair-trigger temper evidenced above.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Morrissey ordered more tests to determine whether Baldwin’s gun had a hair-trigger, as the defense team suggested.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Granted, two blips don’t make a trend, even in the hair-trigger world of contemporary Web journalism.
—Michael Cieply, Deadline, 1 July 2024
Explain your concerns about the man’s hair-trigger temper and your worry that her child could be caught in the middle of one of his violent episodes — or injured or killed if his fury is aimed directly at the child.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
Garland’s button-pushing feature seems all too plausible given the climate of hair-trigger anger and bitterness in which America exists today.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
The building is infamously stubborn, with decades-old antibodies on hair-trigger alert for anything too radical.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
For all its Formula One credentials, for all its flashy virility and hair-trigger handling, the McLaren also sets a new supercar standard for inner peace.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
Other than that explosive, hair-trigger temper evidenced above.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Morrissey ordered more tests to determine whether Baldwin’s gun had a hair-trigger, as the defense team suggested.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Granted, two blips don’t make a trend, even in the hair-trigger world of contemporary Web journalism.
—Michael Cieply, Deadline, 1 July 2024
Explain your concerns about the man’s hair-trigger temper and your worry that her child could be caught in the middle of one of his violent episodes — or injured or killed if his fury is aimed directly at the child.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
Garland’s button-pushing feature seems all too plausible given the climate of hair-trigger anger and bitterness in which America exists today.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hair-trigger
Adjective
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An allergy occurs when the body recognizes safe substances as dangerous, causing a hypersensitive immune reaction.—
Daniel More,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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This new immunity might also have had a downside in the form of allergies that come with a hypersensitive immune system.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
9 Sep. 2024
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The problem is that investors are supersensitive to the Fed’s views.—
James Mackintosh,
WSJ,
22 June 2021
Adjective
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.—
Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
1 Sep. 2023
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These young ideas rarely do — and the invaluable lesson that students glean from that realization will be lost forever if administrators cut them off at the knees by continuing to appease oversensitive cry-bullies whose antics threaten these vital sandboxes.—
Brian Anderson,
National Review,
12 Sep. 2020
Adjective
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There were multiple fatalities, according to a person familiar with the matter, but the precise number of victims was unclear as rescue crews hunted for any survivors.—
LOLITA C. BALDOR,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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Few collegiate athletes live up to their name like Emanuel Sharp, who’s been precise on his treys at a 46 percent clip.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Hair-trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-trigger. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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