oversensitive

1. 1.

   unduly sensitive or thin-skinned

   Similarsensitive

Questions about oversensitive

What does oversensitive mean?

oversensitive means "unduly sensitive or thin-skinned".

How many syllables are in oversensitive?

oversensitive has 5 syllables: o-ver-sen-si-tive. The stress falls on "sen". In IPA it is /ˌoʊvɚˈsɛnsətɪv/.

Is oversensitive a common word?

oversensitive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with oversensitive?

2 words rhyme with oversensitive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.