oversensitive
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
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hipersensible
- He is often too oversensitive about criticism, taking even simple comments to heart.
- a little too oversensitive
- just oversensitive
- a bit oversensitive
I mean, you always end the episodes Also being told you're oversensitive.
- I mean, you always end the episodes Also being told you're oversensitive.
- I think rageaholics, the oversensitive and other angry types, people who have general genuine anger problems.
Examples
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"When you put it that way," she muttered, "I suppose I am being oversensitive."
Fiction book (1998) -
But of course, in the typical oversensitive world we live in, everyone takes offense to everything.
Blog text (14) -
No, that was just me being oversensitive.
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I'm just a little, uh, oversensitive lately.
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People who have complaints about upstairs neighbor noise should not be written off as oversensitive or old.
Blog text (6) -
Even if the complaints about the course appear oversensitive or ill-considered, the students nonetheless had every right to voice them.
Academic text (1993) -
And when a woman loves a man that much... she's, uh, apt to be a bit oversensitive, you know.
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You're just being oversensitive.
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You're oversensitive, Anton.
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But I'm probably being oversensitive and humorless—flaws often attributed to the blind.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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4.9
A person who gets upset by small comments
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5.7
Quick to get angry or upset by small things
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6.1
Feel upset easily when people criticize
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6.7
Easily affected by emotions, touch, or noise and reacting strongly
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9.9
Easily upset or offended by small things
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9.9
Easily upset or hurt by small harmless remarks
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8.1
Being easily annoyed by small things
Easily upset by things people say or do
Very easily upset by what people say or do
Antonyms
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oversensitive is made of over- and sensitive, where over- means 'too much', as in overcook, and sensitive means 'easily hurt or affected'. So oversensitive means being 'too easily upset'.