Sensitive

Quick meaning: Sensitive is an adjective meaning Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.

Meaning

Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.

More Meanings

1. Responsive to stimuli.
2. (of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
3. (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
4. Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
5. Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.
6. Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.
7. (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.

Example Sentences

Thank you for being sensitive.

These are highly sensitive documents.

Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.

The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.

Word Forms

• sensative
• sensitives

Synonyms for sensitive

Depending on context, synonyms include aware, caring, classified, compassionate, nesh, precise.

Antonyms for sensitive

Common opposites include insensitive, nonsensitive, resistant, stoic, uncaring, insensible.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sensible, tender, reactive, alive, delicate, oversensitive.

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