 sensitive |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] responsive to physical stimuli | |
| Examples: | "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch" "a sensitive voltmeter" "sensitive skin" "sensitive to light" |
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| Related terms: | insensitive nociceptive erogenous reactive excitable delicate light-sensitive radiosensitive irritable highly_sensitive susceptible sensible responsive sensitivity | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having acute mental or emotional sensibility | |
| Examples: | "sensitive to the local community and its needs" |
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| Related terms: | insensitive alive oversensitive responsive huffy responsive sensitivity | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] hurting | |
| Synonyms: | sore tender | |
| Examples: | "the tender spot on his jaw" |
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| Related terms: | painful | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] able to feel or perceive | |
| Synonyms: | sensible | |
| Examples: | "even amoeba are sensible creatures" "the more sensible parts of the skin" |
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| Related terms: | insensible aware conscious | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security | |
| Related terms: | classified | |
| Similar spelling: |
sensitively sensitize sensitise sensitizer sensitized sensitiser sensitised sensitivity sensate sensitizing sensitising sensitometer |
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