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oversensitive
[ oh-ver-sen-si-tiv ]
oversensitive
/ ˌəʊvəˈsɛnsɪtɪv /
adjective
- excessively responsive to or aware of feelings, reactions, etc
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Other Words From
- over·sensi·tivi·ty over·sensi·tive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oversensitive1
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Example Sentences
Neither she nor her brothers understood their oversensitive relative.
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The rigorous altitude of intellect in which she was reared served as a corrective to the oversensitive quality of her imagination.
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The whole self is oversensitive, and the very inflection of a voice has enormous significance.
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Some, which I found had offended the oversensitive and irritable tempers of certain persons, I struck out.
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In the debate as to whether there should be veal loaf or poached egg on hash, she had no chance to be heretical and oversensitive.
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