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

  • (..) Oh, man, forget her. Listen to me. GirIs Iike her aIways Iook for the BBD: Bigger Better DeaI. You don't know that. She's an artist. She's... - sensitive. - Forget her. She'II rip out your heart, put it in a bIender and hit ''frappe''. You don't need her. You need somebody down to earth. (..)
    1994 The Mask