Sensitive | Mean of sensitive in English Dictionary
/ˈsɛnsətɪv/
- easily upset by the things that people think or say about you
- a moody, sensitive teenager
- He acts like a tough guy, but he's really very sensitive to criticism.
- She's painfully/overly sensitive about her looks. [=she cares very/too much about what people say or think about her looks]
- a sensitive soul [=a person who is easily hurt emotionally]
- likely to cause people to become upset
- sensitive [=touchy] topics/issues
- a politically sensitive decision
- aware of and understanding the feelings of other people
- I found him to be a sensitive and caring person.
- She was sensitive to the fears of her patients.
- having an understanding of something
- We are sensitive to the need to act quickly in this situation.
- easily affected by something in a way that is not pleasant or good
- sensitive skin
- She is sensitive to pollen (in the air).
- My teeth are sensitive to cold foods.
- I am sensitive to wheat. [=I become ill when I eat wheat]
- Now that I'm older, I'm more sensitive to (the) cold. [=I feel colder in cold surroundings now than I did in the past]
- able to express thoughts and feelings through writing, music, dance, etc.
- a sensitive poet/artist
- an exquisitely sensitive dance performance
- able to sense very small changes in something
- a highly sensitive device/instrument
- sensitive scales
- changing in response to something
- light-sensitive film = film that is sensitive to light
- needing to be handled in a careful or secret way in order to protect someone or something
- highly sensitive information [=information that could be harmful if many people knew it; information that should be kept secret]
- sensitive financial data
Những từ liên quan với SENSITIVE
psychic, knowing, perceptive, seeing, nervous, receptive, conscious, hypersensitive, emotional, responsive, delicate, precise, acute, painful, keen