hypersensitive
adjective
excessively sensitive.
hypersensitiveness
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a word derived from
hypersensitive.
Example Sentences
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If there are certain positions in which pain is felt while it disappears in others, there is some local inflammatory or congestive condition and not mere hypersensitiveness of nerves at the bottom of it.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
In most other cases the impulses thus aroused have found their expression in a hypersensitiveness in regard to certain phases of personal conduct.
From Church Cooperation in Community Life by Paul L. (Paul Leroy) Vogt
Believe me, this hankering after purity, this hypersensitiveness as to what is morbid or immoral, is by no means a good sign.
From South Wind by Norman Douglas
They are, above all, characterized by a marked hypersensitiveness and by a lack of harmonious relationship between the various psychic functions.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck
Besides this fear of cold, he was suffering from a hypersensitiveness of several other varieties.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Josephine A. Jackson
