OVERSENSITIVITY

Meaning of OVERSENSITIVITY in English

oversensitivity BrE AmE ˌəʊv ə ˌsen t s ə ˈtɪv ət i -ɪˈ•-, -ɪt i AmE \ ˌoʊv ə r ˌsen t s ə ˈtɪv ət̬ i

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TROUBLE — — troubledly , adv. — troubledness , n. — troubler , n. — troublingly , adv. /trub"euhl/ , v. , …
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OVERSENSITIVE — — oversensitivity, oversensitiveness , n. /oh"veuhr sen"si tiv/ , adj. excessively or unduly sensitive. [ 1840-50; OVER- + SENSITIVE ]
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IRRITABLE — — irritableness , n. — irritably , adv. /ir"i teuh beuhl/ , adj. 1. easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited …
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OVERSENSITIVE — ■ adjective excessively sensitive. Derivatives ~ness noun oversensitivity noun
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FIND — ( finds, finding, found) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
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FIND — (~s, ~ing, found) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
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PALAVER — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ There's been a lot of palaver about feminist oversensitivity to language. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS …
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SENSITIVITY — Synonyms and related words : acuteness, affectivity, agitability, allergy, anaphylaxis, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, artistic judgment, awareness, censoriousness, choosiness, …
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HYPERSENSITIVITY — Synonyms and related words : allergy, anaphylaxis, considerateness, delicacy, empathy, exquisiteness, fineness, hairsplitting, hypercriticism, hyperesthesia, hyperpathia, hypersensitiveness, identification, irritability, morbid …
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HAIRSPLITTING — Synonyms and related words : adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captious, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, …
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SENSITIVITY — n. 25B6; noun the sensitivity of the skin : RESPONSIVENESS, sensitiveness, reactivity; susceptibility, vulnerability. the job calls for sensitivity : …
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TOOTH ROOT SENSITIVITIES — Oversensitivity of exposed roots of teeth to cold, hot, and sour foods because those roots are no longer protected by …
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PHOTOPHOBIA — Painful oversensitivity to light.
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