oversensitiveness

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There may also be oversensitiveness to pain and of the skin.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

She knew, too, that she had herself to blame in part; her oversensitiveness, her quick temper, her want of deep insight had all had their share in making that evening such a blank failure.

From We Two, a novel by Lyall, Edna

Some of the most common of these sick reactions with which the nurse must deal are enhanced suggestibility, repression, oversensitiveness, stubbornness, fear, de pression, and irritability.

From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Porter, Mary F.

The oversensitiveness to pain persists for months, and is a constant temptation.

From Doctor and Patient by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

Perhaps it was through oversensitiveness that Brigit and I dwelt suspiciously upon Bedr's motives, and asked each other who it was he had expected at the House of the Crocodile.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)