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Definitions for Sensitive
[1] endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
[2] readily or excessively affected by external agencies or influences.
[3] having acute mental or emotional sensibility; aware of and responsive to the feelings of others.
[4] easily pained, annoyed, etc.
[5] pertaining to or connected with the senses or sensation.
[6] Physiology . having a low threshold of sensation or feeling.
[7] responding to stimuli, as leaves that move when touched.
[8] highly responsive to certain agents, as photographic plates, films, or paper.
[9] affected or likely to be affected by a specified stimulus (used in combination): price-sensitive markets.
[10] involving work, duties, or information of a highly secret or delicate nature, especially in government: a sensitive position in the State Department.
[11] requiring tact or caution; delicate; touchy: a sensitive topic.
[12] constructed to indicate, measure, or be affected by small amounts or changes, as a balance or thermometer.
[13] Radio . easily affected by external influences, especially by radio waves.
[14] a person who is sensitive.
[15] a person with psychic powers; medium.
[16] having the power of sensation
[17] responsive to or aware of feelings, moods, reactions, etc
[18] easily irritated; delicate sensitive skin
[19] affected by external conditions or stimuli
[20] easily offended
[21] of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation
[22] capable of registering small differences or changes in amounts, quality, etc a sensitive instrument
[23] photog having a high sensitivity a sensitive emulsion
[24] connected with matters affecting national security, esp through access to classified information
[25] (of a stock market or prices) quickly responsive to external influences and thus fluctuating or tending to fluctuate
Words related to Sensitive
tricky, precise, tense, keen, susceptible, nervous, receptive, conscious, touchy, perceptive, unstable, delicate, responsive, emotional, hypersensitive, painful, knowing, seeing, acute, psychic
Words nearby Sensitive
sensibility, sensible, sensible horizon, sensible perspiration, sensillum, sensitive, sensitive fern, sensitive plant, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitivity group
Origin of Sensitive
1350–1400; < Medieval Latin sēnsitīvus, irregular formation on Latin sēns-, past participle stem of sentīre to sense (see -ive); replacing Middle English sensitif(e ) < Middle French sensitif, sensitive < Medieval Latin, as above
Other words from Sensitive
sen·si·tive·ly , adverb
non·sen·si·tive , adjective
non·sen·si·tive·ly , adverb
non·sen·si·tive·ness , noun
ul·tra·sen·si·tive , adjective
ul·tra·sen·si·tive·ly , adverb
un·sen·si·tive , adjective
un·sen·si·tive·ly , adverb
un·sen·si·tive·ness , noun
Word origin for Sensitive
C14: from Medieval Latin sēnsitīvus, from Latin sentīre to feel
Synonyms for Sensitive
conscious, delicate, emotional, hypersensitive, keen, nervous, perceptive, precise, receptive, responsive, susceptible, tense, touchy, tricky, unstable, acute, feeling, fine, knowing, psychic, seeing, understanding, cognizant, easily affected, emotionable, high-strung, hung up, impressible, irritable, oversensitive, perceiving, precarious, reactive, sensatory, sensile, sensorial, sensory, sentient, supersensitive, ticklish, touchy feely, tuned in, turned on to, umbrageous, wired