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oversensitive

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

unduly sensitive or thin-skinned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English sensitive English oversensitive From over- + sensitive.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Galician: hipersensíbel — having excessive sensitivity
  • Galician: hipersensible — having excessive sensitivity
  • German: überempfindlich — having excessive sensitivity
  • Hungarian: túlérzékeny — having excessive sensitivity
  • Polish: nadwrażliwy — having excessive sensitivity
  • Polish: przeczulony — having excessive sensitivity
  • Polish: przewrażliwiony — having excessive sensitivity
  • Russian: гиперсензити́вный (gipersenzitívnyj) — having excessive sensitivity
  • Swedish: överkänslig — having excessive sensitivity