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oversensitive

[ oh-ver-sen-si-tiv ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˈsɛn sɪ tɪv /

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adjective

excessively or unduly sensitive.

Origin of oversensitive

First recorded in 1840–50; over- + sensitive

OTHER WORDS FROM oversensitive

o·ver·sen·si·tiv·i·ty, o·ver·sen·si·tive·ness, noun

Words nearby oversensitive

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Example sentences from the Web for oversensitive

But if ambition is oversensitive, moral indignation is ever consolatory, for it plants us on the Judgement Seat.

Diana of the Crossways, Complete |George Meredith
There were things, too, that troubled the family and made them reserved and inclined to be oversensitive.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 |Charles H. Sylvester
The 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. Kelley
I know the value of correct dressing, and I am not oversensitive.

A Woman of the World |Ella Wheeler Wilcox

My nature, unhappily, is an oversensitive one, and is apt to be affected by trifles.

Vendetta |Marie Corelli

British Dictionary definitions for oversensitive

oversensitive

/ (ˌəʊvəˈsɛnsɪtɪv) /

adjective

excessively responsive to or aware of feelings, reactions, etc