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   oversensitive

   /ˌəʊvəˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a person or an instrument) excessively sensitive: "Bentley was oversensitive to criticism"

   Derivatives

   • 1. oversensitiveness noun
   • 2. oversensitivity noun

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   What is an oversensitive person?

   • An oversensitive person basically processes sensory information more deeply than other people. It has been estimated that over-sensitive people comprise about 15-20% of the population. 1 As children, oversensitive people tend to be shy and socially anxious. They have trouble going to sleep when they’re overstimulated after an exciting day.

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   Are people sniffers oversensitive?

   • People sniffers were known to be oversensitive and would often detect civilians or animals excreting bodily waste. Baroreceptors can also become oversensitive in some people (usually the carotid baroreceptors in older males). Again, my life in communism has made me oversensitive in this respect.

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   What is an example of a patient's oversensitive ear?

   • The patients become complaining, oversensitive to pain and to opposition, are indolent, irresolute, irresponsible and neglect their work. Then, as her original impetus kept her going, the canvas boomed, seeming to his straining and oversensitive ears like cannon firing. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Should Americans stop being oversensitive about themselves?

   • Americans should stop being so oversensitive about themselves and start disciplining their spoiled, entitled kids. She finds fault where she used to give support and challenges your responses by telling you that you're being oversensitive. He said she was oversensitive.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › oversensitiveOVERSENSITIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Oversensitive means too easily upset or damaged by something that would not affect most people. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and synonyms of oversensitive with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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     OVERSENSITIVE meaning: 1. too easily upset: 2. damaged,...

   • Znaczenie Oversensitive, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     oversensitive definicja: 1. too easily upset: 2. damaged,...

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     OVERSENSITIVE translate: 過於敏感的, 極易受影響的，多度敏感的. Learn more in...

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     OVERSENSITIVE translate: 过于敏感的, 极易受影响的，多度敏感的. Learn more in...

   • Pronunciation in English

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   Learn the meaning of oversensitive, an adjective that describes someone or something that is too easily bothered, upset, offended, or responsive to a stimulus. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related entries.

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   Learn the meaning of oversensitive as an adjective for being too easily upset or affected by something. See how to use it in sentences and compare it with related words and phrases.

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   Oversensitive definition: excessively or unduly sensitive. . See examples of OVERSENSITIVE used in a sentence.

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   Jul 13, 2024 · oversensitive. Other forms: oversensitively. Definitions of oversensitive. adjective. unduly sensitive or thin-skinned. synonyms: sensitive. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others.

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   Oversensitive means excessively or unduly sensitive to feelings, reactions, etc. See the word frequency, origin, synonyms, and usage examples of oversensitive in British and American English.

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