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

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

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

And yet, after she had learned to make allowances for the oversensitiveness, Bea found Lila more lovable and winning week by week.

From Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls by Schwartz, Julia Augusta

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

It has been found that gastric indigestion produces oversensitiveness, fretfulness, and irritability, while chronic constipation results in erratic conduct, stupidity, languor, headache, and moodiness.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various