Meaning & use
Oversensitive
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Reacting with excessive emotional sensitivity to criticism, comments, or situations that would not normally cause distress.
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He's oversensitive about his height and gets upset at the smallest joke.
Some smoke detectors are so oversensitive that they go off from burnt toast.
A note on using this word
Can describe both people's emotional reactions and mechanical devices that respond too readily to small stimuli.
Words with a similar meaning
touchythin-skinned
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Words with an opposite meaning
thick-skinnedunfazed
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