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oversensitive

[ oh-ver-sen-si-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

oversensitive

/ ˌəʊvəˈsɛnsɪtɪv /

First recorded in 1840–50; over- + sensitive

Neither she nor her brothers understood their oversensitive relative.

The rigorous altitude of intellect in which she was reared served as a corrective to the oversensitive quality of her imagination.

The whole self is oversensitive, and the very inflection of a voice has enormous significance.

Some, which I found had offended the oversensitive and irritable tempers of certain persons, I struck out.

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.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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