oversensitive

English

Alternative forms

• over-sensitive

Etymology

From over- +‎ sensitive.

Adjective

oversensitive (comparative more oversensitive, superlative most oversensitive)

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

Derived terms

• oversensitively
• oversensitiveness

Translations

having excessive sensitivity

Galician: hipersensíbel (gl), hipersensible (gl) German: überempfindlich Hungarian: túlérzékeny (hu) Polish: nadwrażliwy (pl), przeczulony (pl), przewrażliwiony (pl) Russian: гиперсензити́вный (gipersenzitívnyj) Swedish: överkänslig (sv)