sensitive

Definition

  • adjective: easily upset by the things that people think or say about you
  • adjective: receptive to 'sense' impressions
  • often + 'about'
  • synonyms: sensory, sensible, caring

Examples

  • highly 'sensitive' information [=information that could be harmful if many people knew it; information that should be kept secret]

  • She's painfully/overly 'sensitive about' her looks. [=she cares very/too much about what people say or think about her looks]

  • 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]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) No, you see, that is way too emotionally supportive and you need to just lock that down. - Your ass is a little bony. - Much better. My nipples are sensitive, I don't like dirty talk, and had I known this was gonna happen, I would have shaved my legs this morning. My chin is ticklish, (..)
    2011 Friends with Benefits