Meanings
adjectiveoversensitive (comparative more oversensitive, superlative most oversensitive)
comparative more oversensitive · superlative most oversensitive · alternative over-sensitive
- Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveunduly sensitive or thin-skinned
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishsensitive
- Englishoversensitive
Translations
German überempfindlich
- überempfindlichhaving excessive sensitivity
Hungarian túlérzékeny
- túlérzékenyhaving excessive sensitivity
Polish nadwrażliwy, przeczulony
- nadwrażliwyhaving excessive sensitivity
- przeczulonyhaving excessive sensitivity
- przewrażliwionyhaving excessive sensitivity
Russian гиперсензити́вный
- гиперсензити́вный (gipersenzitívnyj)having excessive sensitivity
Swedish överkänslig
- överkänslighaving excessive sensitivity
Cite this entry
APA
oversensitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversensitive
MLA
“oversensitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversensitive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversensitive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversensitive.
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