sensitive

About 30.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
2. adjective Responsive to stimuli.
3. adjective Easily offended, upset, or hurt.

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

4. adjective Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.

   Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.

5. adjective Meant to be concealed or kept secret.

   These are highly sensitive documents.

6. adjective Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.

   Thank you for being sensitive.

7. adjective Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.

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

8. adjective Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.

Similar words

sensible tender reactive alive delicate oversensitive excitable responsive touchy thin-skinned

Often followed by

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Word family

sensitively sensitiveness sensitivenesses sensitives