Sensitive

Word SENSITIVE
Character 9
Hyphenation sen si tive
Pronunciations /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Sensitive"

What do we mean by sensitive?

Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses. adjective

Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation. adjective

Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment. adjective

Readily altered by the action of an agent. adjective

Registering slight differences or changes of condition. Used of an instrument. adjective

Easily irritated. adjective

Predisposed to inflammation as a result of preexisting allergy or disease. adjective

Aware of or careful about the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others. adjective

Easily hurt, upset, or offended. adjective

Fluctuating or tending to fluctuate, especially in price. adjective

Of or relating to secret or classified information. adjective

A sensitive person. noun

One held to be endowed with psychic or occult powers. noun

Of, pertaining to, or affecting the senses; depending on the senses.

Having sense, sensibility, or feeling; capable of receiving impressions from external objects: often extended, figuratively, to various inanimate objects.

Of keen sensibility; keenly susceptible of external influences or impressions; easily and acutely affected or moved by outward circumstances or impressions: as, a sensitive person, or a person of sensitive nature: figuratively extended to inanimate objects.

Specifically

A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sensitive

The word "sensitive" in example sentences

But, nonetheless, I'm sure that there are many stupid people who believe that the word sensitive translates into sissy. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Off the site that night, and through the next day, we did what they call sensitive site exploitation, and we did pick up quite a bit of stuff out of the house, the safe house there. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We've also organized some units to do this and embedded in other units, for example within some of our Special Operations units and some of our forward-operating units, the ability to do what we call sensitive site exploitation, the ability to go into a place, to examine it in detail with the right knowledge, with the right equipment, related to weapons of mass destruction. ❋ Unknown (2003)

They are basically going through what they call sensitive site exploitation. ❋ Unknown (2002)

We have them at what we call sensitive locations, the places that you might think somebody might want to do something with, and then we also have them at the entrances and exits to the city, so that we can have checkpoints, and at the airport. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan on Friday as planned to discuss what he described as sensitive matters. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Strictly speaking, the glands ought to be called irritable, as the term sensitive generally implies consciousness; but no one supposes that the Sensitive-plant is conscious, and as I have found the term convenient, I shall use it without scruple. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

I probably wouldn't use the word sensitive, but it's certainly something you have to watch the most in terms of where it goes over time.

An external probe commissioned by the SNB Bank Council in December cleared what it called a "sensitive" transaction. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Ferguson was explaining his government's policy on what he described as a sensitive issue to a group of Pakistani journalists on Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr Reed had been seeking permanent suppression of what he described as sensitive commercial information in those affidavits, along with everything said in court during the hearing. ❋ By JENNI MCMANUS (2010)

As to people in "sensitive" positions -- i.e. Important people -- then take your choice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We see reactions in sensitive individuals that include core ADHD symptoms, like difficulty sitting in a chair and interrupting conversations," says David Schab, M.D., ❋ EatingWell (2010)

But the extended mortgage crisis may be prompting security officers at the CIA, Pentagon and other agencies involved in sensitive operations to be more attentive to potential problems than usual. ❋ Jeff Stein (2010)

Teachers need to remain sensitive to gender issues. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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