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Definition of Oversensitive
1. Adjective. Unduly sensitive or thin-skinned.
Definition of Oversensitive
1. Adjective. Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oversensitive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversensitive
Literary usage of Oversensitive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy by James Tyler Kent (1900)
"oversensitive PATIENTS. Organon § 44 et seq. Drug poisoning such as we referred to
... These are oversensitive patients who have received repeated doses of ..."
2. Homoeopathic Therapeutics of the Ear by Charles C Boyle (1905)
"oversensitive to human—Sulph. resounds like a bell through brain—Spig.
Voices—Sensation in ear like confused—Benz. Ac. Walking fast—cracking in ears ..."
3. Principles of Physiology and Hygiene by George Wells Fitz (1908)
"The cold centres, on the other hand, have had so little use that they are
oversensitive and respond to the slightest change of temperature. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"I think, to nutritive conditions affecting the new surfaces and the nerves beneath
them, so as to make the latter oversensitive. The tendency is toward ..."
5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"You will say I am oversensitive to outside suggestion. ... Perhaps I am oversensitive,
as you say, but these suggestions from the outside keep pouring in on ..."
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