oversensitive
excessively or unduly sensitive.
Origin of oversensitive
1Other words from oversensitive
- o·ver·sen·si·tiv·i·ty, o·ver·sen·si·tive·ness, noun
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How to use oversensitive in a sentence
Neither she nor her brothers understood their oversensitive relative.
Against the Current | Edward A. SteinerThe rigorous altitude of intellect in which she was reared served as a corrective to the oversensitive quality of her imagination.
Turn About Eleanor | Ethel M. KelleyThe whole self is oversensitive, and the very inflection of a voice has enormous significance.
Applied Psychology for Nurses | Mary F. PorterSome, which I found had offended the oversensitive and irritable tempers of certain persons, I struck out.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam | Ephraim EmertonIn the debate as to whether there should be veal loaf or poached egg on hash, she had no chance to be heretical and oversensitive.
Main Street | Sinclair Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for oversensitive
/ (ˌəʊvəˈsɛnsɪtɪv) /
excessively responsive to or aware of feelings, reactions, etc
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