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oversensitive

oversensitive adjective: having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.

Adjective

oversensitive (comparative more oversensitive, superlative most oversensitive)

  1. Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.

Forms of oversensitive

comparativemore oversensitive
superlativemost oversensitive
alternative formover-sensitive

Origin of oversensitive

From over- + sensitive.

Words formed from oversensitive

Questions about oversensitive

What does oversensitive mean?
Oversensitive means having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.
What part of speech is oversensitive?
Oversensitive is an adjective.

Words near oversensitive in the dictionary

  1. oversense
  2. oversensed
  3. oversenses
  4. oversensible
  5. oversensing
  6. oversensitive
  7. oversensitively
  8. oversensitiveness
  9. oversensitivities
  10. oversensitivity
  11. oversensitized

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