oversensitively
With excessive sensitivity
In a manner showing excessive sensitivity to criticism, slight, or emotional stimulus.
Someone who reacts oversensitively takes offense or feels hurt more readily than the situation warrants: She responded oversensitively to what was meant as constructive feedback.
The word often carries a dismissive tone, implying the person's reaction is disproportionate.
Prone to weeping
- weepyInclined to cry
- moodyProne to sullenness
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
hysterical · volatile · temperamental · fragile · vulnerable · wounded · raw · exposed
Wary and restrained
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- easily offendedProne to taking umbrage
insecure · paranoid · distrustful · suspicious · wary · hostile · antagonistic · combative
Excessively conscious of surroundings
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- attunedAdjusted to perceive
- watchfulCarefully attentive, observant
- scrutinizingExamining something very closely
overanalyzing · overthinking · reading into · misinterpreting · second-guessing · self-conscious · paranoid · on edge
Adversely reactive to substances
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- reactiveTending to respond
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- inflamedProvoked or medically irritated
photosensitive · tender · raw · delicate · skin reaction
Respond disproportionately to something
- overreactingDisproportionate emotional response
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
- dramatizeDepict with heightened emotion
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
blow out of proportion · escalate · catastrophize · amplify · disproportionate · excessive · extreme · hair-trigger
tearful
Prone to weeping
- weepyInclined to cry
- moodyProne to sullenness
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
overwrought · hysterical · volatile · temperamental · fragile · vulnerable · wounded · raw · exposed · thin-skinned
guarded
Wary and restrained
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- pricklySpiny or irritable
easily offended · insecure · paranoid · distrustful · suspicious · wary · hostile · antagonistic · combative · confrontational
hyperaware
Excessively conscious of surroundings
scrutinizing · overanalyzing · overthinking · reading into · misinterpreting · second-guessing · self-conscious · paranoid · on edge · jumpy
allergic
Adversely reactive to substances
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- reactiveTending to respond
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
inflamed · photosensitive · tender · raw · delicate · skin reaction
overreact
Respond disproportionately to something
- overreactingDisproportionate emotional response
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
- dramatizeDepict with heightened emotion
magnify · blow out of proportion · escalate · catastrophize · amplify · disproportionate · excessive · extreme · hair-trigger · knee-jerk
oversensitivelycallously
Without regard for others
unfeelingly · stoically · impassively · insensitively · indifferently
oversensitivelyresiliently
With ability to recover
unflinchingly · nonchalantly · dismissively · blithely · carelessly
oversensitivelytough-mindedly
With unsentimental pragmatism
resiliently · robustly · hardily · unflinchingly · unperturbedly