OVERSENSITIVE Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

oversensitive

adjective

Definition of oversensitive

as in hypersensitive

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Recent Examples of oversensitive Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025 The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th. — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023 My Feelings’ is that the entire movie turns into a satire of what has become our fetishistically supportive and oversensitive therapeutic culture of positivity. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2023 Automated software looks for moving blips of light, checks them against possible false positives like subatomic particles from space zapping the detector, oversensitive pixels, and the like. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2023 Students are often accused of being oversensitive, but Professor Wax’s colleagues have shared their own uncomfortable moments with her in public forums. — Vimal Patel, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023 Unimpressed by Dru-Ann’s storyline, which scans like a terminally offline Boomer’s idea of what those undermotivated and oversensitive Zoomers might be whining about online? — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Adjective

Back then, Plavsick’s own personal needs—as someone with hypersensitive skin and a new mom perpetually short on time—inspired the formula.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 July 2026
The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of hypersensitive

Adjective

Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 12 May 2025
Whitney Fields, 38, from Austin, was fed up with contacts scratching her supersensitive eyes.

— Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Sep. 2024

Definition of supersensitive

Adjective

What to know about privacy Hospitals and doctors’ offices must follow codes of ethics and rules that protect sensitive patient health information and protect privacy, but AI is not bound by the same strict federal rules.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
State officials provided a version of the rolls but withheld sensitive personal information, citing privacy concerns.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026

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