Usually means: Excessively reactive to minor stimuli.
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  1. oversensitive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oversensitive: Merriam-Webster
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  4. oversensitive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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▸ adjective:  Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.

Similar:
sensitive, over-sensitive, hypersensitive, oversensible, extrasensitive, oversensitized, supersensible, ultrasensitive, overresponsive, oversusceptible, more...

Opposite:
insensitive, thick-skinned, callous, indifferent

Types:
hypersensitive, fragile, delicate, thin-skinned, reactive, emotional, neurotic, high-strung, more...

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Similar:
sensitive, over-sensitive, hypersensitive, oversensible, extrasensitive, oversensitized, supersensible, ultrasensitive, overresponsive, oversusceptible, more...

Opposite:
insensitive, thick-skinned, callous, indifferent

Types:
hypersensitive, fragile, delicate, thin-skinned, reactive, emotional, neurotic, high-strung, more...



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