Sensitive | Mean of sensitive in English Dictionary

/ˈsɛnsətɪv/

• easily upset by the things that people think or say about you
1. a moody, sensitive teenager
2. He acts like a tough guy, but he's really very sensitive to criticism.
3. She's painfully/overly sensitive about her looks. [=she cares very/too much about what people say or think about her looks]
4. a sensitive soul [=a person who is easily hurt emotionally]
• likely to cause people to become upset
1. sensitive [=touchy] topics/issues
2. a politically sensitive decision
• aware of and understanding the feelings of other people
1. I found him to be a sensitive and caring person.
2. She was sensitive to the fears of her patients.

• having an understanding of something
1. 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
1. sensitive skin
2. She is sensitive to pollen (in the air).
3. My teeth are sensitive to cold foods.
4. I am sensitive to wheat. [=I become ill when I eat wheat]
5. 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.
1. a sensitive poet/artist
2. an exquisitely sensitive dance performance
• able to sense very small changes in something
1. a highly sensitive device/instrument
2. sensitive scales
• changing in response to something
1. 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
1. highly sensitive information [=information that could be harmful if many people knew it; information that should be kept secret]
2. sensitive financial data