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

  • (..) Not your husband? Were the stories true? Are there problems, Claire? What are your concerns with the Chinese? There are too many drilling sites in sensitive areas. It's a security issue to us. And what sites, in particular, are you worried about? You... you are familiar with the individual zones? (..)
    2016 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 45 Season: 4 Episode 6