allergic
/əˈləːdʒɪk
/adjective
1Caused by or relating to an allergy: an allergic reaction to penicillin...
- Studies in people with allergic rhinitis and asthma are being initiated.
- My husband does not smoke and has never smoked but a few years back ended up in hospital with an allergic asthma reaction.
- Hay fever, asthma and eczema are all related allergic conditions and the tendency to develop them runs in families.
Synonyms
hypersensitive, sensitive, susceptible, sensitized
1.1 [predicative] Having an allergy to a substance: one and a half per cent of the population is allergic to bee venom...
- A person may develop symptoms after exposure to a substance without necessarily being allergic to it.
- If you're allergic to a particular substance being tested, you develop a raised bump or reaction.
- A positive skin test means that you may be allergic to a particular substance.
1.2 (allergic to) informal Having a strong dislike for: I’m allergic to the hype...
- The culture of corruption is allergic to peace and human rights.
- Ian, being allergic to shopping centres, looked more than relieved to be leaving.
- Unless you're completely allergic to superhero movies, you need to go and see this film.
Synonyms
averse, opposed, hostile, inimical, antagonistic, antipathetic, resistant, unsympathetic;
(dead) set against
archaic indisposed
Rhymes
- Stratford
- Stratfordian
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- strath
- Strathclyde
- strathspey
- stratification
- stratified sample
- stratiform
- stratify
- stratigrapher
- stratigraphic
- stratigraphical
- stratigraphically
- stratigraphy
- stratocracy
- stratocumulus
- stratopause
- stratosphere
- stratospheric
- stratospherically
- stratovolcano
- stratum
- stratum corneum
- stratus