Words that rhyme with oversensitive

• accusative 0
  adj 1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare" [syn: accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive] 2: serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings" [syn: objective, accusative] n 1: the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb [syn: accusative, accusative case, objective case]
• acquisitive 0
  adj 1: eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" [ant: unacquisitive]
• adversative 0
  adj 1: expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn: adversative, oppositive]
• appositive 0
  adj 1: relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun" [syn: appositional, appositive]
• capacitive 0
  adj 1: of or relating to capacitance
• causative 0
  adj 1: producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime" [ant: noncausal, noncausative]
• conservative 0
  adj 1: resistant to change [ant: liberal] 2: having social or political views favoring conservatism 3: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" [syn: cautious, conservative] 4: unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek [syn: button-down, buttoned-down, conservative] 5: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois, conservative, materialistic] n 1: a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas [syn: conservative, conservativist] [ant: liberal, liberalist, progressive] 2: a member of a Conservative Party
• electropositive 0
  adj 1: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged]
• fixative 0
  n 1: a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study 2: a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
• hypersensitive 0
  adj 1: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised]
• initiative 0
  adj 1: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" [syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden] n 1: readiness to embark on bold new ventures [syn: enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead] 2: the first of a series of actions [syn: first step, initiative, opening move, opening]
• inquisitive 0
  adj 1: showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)] 2: inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive"
• insensitive 0
  adj 1: not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" [ant: sensitive] 2: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" [ant: sensitive]
• intransitive 0
  adj 1: designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object [ant: transitive] n 1: a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object [syn: intransitive verb, intransitive verb form, intransitive]
• laxative 0
  adj 1: stimulating evacuation of feces [ant: costive] n 1: a mild cathartic
• photosensitive 0
  adj 1: sensitive to visible light; "photographic film is light- sensitive" [syn: light-sensitive, photosensitive]
• positive 0
  adj 1: characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" [ant: negative, neutral] 2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)] 3: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor" [syn: plus, positive] 4: indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" [syn: positive, confirming] [ant: disconfirming, negative] 5: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn: positive, prescribed] 6: impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument" [syn: incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive] 7: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn: positivist, positivistic, positive] 8: reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; "positive increase in graduating students" [ant: negative] 9: greater than zero; "positive numbers" 10: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged] 11: marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets" [syn: cocksure, overconfident, positive] n 1: the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution [syn: positive, positive degree] 2: a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
• postpositive 0
  adj 1: (of a modifier) placed after another word
• preservative 0
  adj 1: tending or having the power to preserve; "timbers should be treated with a preservative substance" n 1: a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition
• sensitive 0
  adj 1: responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" [ant: insensitive] 2: being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs" [ant: insensitive] 3: able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin" [syn: sensible, sensitive] [ant: insensible] 4: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive, sore, raw, tender] 5: of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security n 1: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums" [syn: medium, spiritualist, sensitive]
• transitive 0
  adj 1: designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning [ant: intransitive] n 1: a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical [syn: transitive verb, transitive verb form, transitive]
• oppositive 0
  adj 1: expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn: adversative, oppositive]
• expositive 0
  adj 1: serving to expound or set forth; "clean expository writing" [syn: expository, expositive]
• diapositive 0
• prepositive 0

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