"oversensitive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more oversensitive [comparative], most oversensitive [superlative], over-sensitive [alternative]
Etymology: From over- + sensitive. Etymology templates: {{af|en|over-|sensitive}} over- + sensitive Head templates: {{en-adj}} oversensitive (comparative more oversensitive, superlative most oversensitive)
  1. Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned. Translations (having excessive sensitivity): hipersensíbel (Galician), hipersensible (Galician), überempfindlich (German), túlérzékeny (Hungarian), nadwrażliwy (Polish), przeczulony (Polish), przewrażliwiony (Polish), гиперсензити́вный (gipersenzitívnyj) (Russian), överkänslig (Swedish)

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