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sensitive
[ sen-si-tiv ]
adjective
- readily or excessively affected by external agencies or influences.
- having acute mental or emotional sensibility; aware of and responsive to the feelings of others.
- easily pained, annoyed, etc.
- Physiology. having a low threshold of sensation or feeling.
- responding to stimuli, as leaves that move when touched.
- highly responsive to certain agents, as photographic plates, films, or paper.
- affected or likely to be affected by a specified stimulus (used in combination):
price-sensitive markets.
- involving work, duties, or information of a highly secret or delicate nature, especially in government:
a sensitive position in the State Department.
- requiring tact or caution; delicate; touchy:
a sensitive topic.
- constructed to indicate, measure, or be affected by small amounts or changes, as a balance or thermometer.
- Radio. easily affected by external influences, especially by radio waves.
noun
- a person who is sensitive.
- a person with psychic powers; medium.
sensitive
/ ˈsɛnsɪtɪv /
adjective
- having the power of sensation
- responsive to or aware of feelings, moods, reactions, etc
- easily irritated; delicate
sensitive skin
- affected by external conditions or stimuli
- easily offended
- of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation
- capable of registering small differences or changes in amounts, quality, etc
a sensitive instrument
- photog having a high sensitivity
a sensitive emulsion
- connected with matters affecting national security, esp through access to classified information
- (of a stock market or prices) quickly responsive to external influences and thus fluctuating or tending to fluctuate
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Derived Forms
- ˈsensitively, adverb
- ˈsensitiveness, noun
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Other Words From
- sensi·tive·ly adverb
- non·sensi·tive adjective
- non·sensi·tive·ly adverb
- non·sensi·tive·ness noun
- ultra·sensi·tive adjective
- ultra·sensi·tive·ly adverb
- un·sensi·tive adjective
- un·sensi·tive·ly adverb
- un·sensi·tive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sensitive1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sensitive1
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Example Sentences
And the Gävle Goat, apparently a sensitive creature, took the destruction hard.
The expo is introduced by Mayor Anne Hildalgo, who describes it as a “sensitive reading of the upheavals in French society.”
But they are also sensitive to pressure and attention from the West.
It is this very sensitive issue that has galvanized widespread resistance from previously loyal campesinos.
He was highly perceptive and exquisitely sensitive to everything around him.
He felt, in his sensitive way, that the two sweet-souled Englishwomen had deepened and sanctified his love for Jean.
The eyebrows were low and thick, the upper lip was sensitive, quivering sometimes as she talked, but the lower was firm and full.
He was beset by his sensitive dislike to mix in other people's affairs, but almost angrily he overcame it.
And here he might have stopped with safety; but his roused, suspicious, sensitive nature, would not suffer him.
It is a sensitive test, and, when positive, is absolute proof of the presence of blood.
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