oversensitized
Excessively made reactive
Oversensitized describes someone or something made excessively sensitive—whether physically, emotionally, or in technical contexts.
Skin can become oversensitized to sunlight after certain medications.
A person oversensitized to criticism may react strongly to minor feedback.
In photography or electronics, oversensitized equipment responds too readily to small stimuli, producing distorted results: The oversensitized film was ruined by ambient light.
Tending to respond
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
raw · wounded · vulnerable · prickly · temperamental · moody · irritable · edgy
Increased in degree
- hyperawareExcessively conscious of surroundings
- hypervigilantAbnormally heightened awareness state
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
attuned · alert · vigilant · watchful · hypercautious · on-edge · jumpy · startled
Adversely reactive to substances
- reactiveTending to respond
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- irritatedSlightly angered or bothered
- inflamedProvoked or medically irritated
overexposed · photosensitive · triggered · histamine · anaphylactic · dermatitis · hives · rash
reactive
Tending to respond
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
fragile · raw · wounded · vulnerable · prickly · temperamental · moody · irritable · edgy · overreactive
heightened
Increased in degree
- hyperawareExcessively conscious of surroundings
- hypervigilantAbnormally heightened awareness state
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
sharp · attuned · alert · vigilant · watchful · hypercautious · on-edge · jumpy · startled · flinching
allergic
Adversely reactive to substances
- reactiveTending to respond
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- irritatedSlightly angered or bothered
inflamed · overexposed · photosensitive · triggered · histamine · anaphylactic · dermatitis · hives · rash · immunocompromised
overstimulated
Excessively aroused sensorially
- floodedCovered with water
- bombardedAttacked with heavy fire
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
frazzled · exhausted · fried · maxed-out · saturated · inundated · drained · spent · frantic · panicked
oversensitizeddesensitized
Made unresponsive through overexposure
insensitive · numbed · dulled · hardened · calloused
oversensitizedunfazed
Not disturbed or disconcerted
unflappable · jaded · stoic · indifferent · apathetic
over, sense, senses, sensed, sensing, sensible, sensibility, sensibilities, insensible