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oversensitive

How many syllables in oversensitive?

  5 syllables

Divide oversensitive into syllables:   o-ver-sen-si-tive
How to pronounce oversensitive:   oh-ver-sen-si-tiv
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Synonyms for oversensitive


2 syllables
  • prickly
  • touchy
4 syllables
  • easily hurt
  • too sensitive
5 syllables
  • easily upset
6 syllables
  • easily offended
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    What rhymes with oversensitive

    4 syllables
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