oversensitive
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of oversensitive
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“It’s an oversensitive dopamine response that leads to varied feelings, ” says therapist and author Marissa Zwetow.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026
"I think growing up undiagnosed, you grow up thinking everything you're doing is wrong because you're different and you then internalise a lot of that so you're very oversensitive as well," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
According to study leader Gregory Barton, UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, identifying these mutations could help doctors deliver a personalized treatment to patients with oversensitive TLRs and, in particular, oversensitive TLR7 receptors.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2024
“The result today is, for some people, that our immune systems are oversensitive, and sometimes they turn on themselves.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023
I felt bad for him, and thought the inmate with the tray in his hands was perhaps being oversensitive.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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