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

  • (..) Connors was weak. This is me, Peter. I don't think you can just set up a van and have him donate it. I mean, I'm sure he's sensitive about people shoving needles...and Probably ensitive? Okay, well then, maybe you can just sensitively tell me where he is - and I will just go ask him myself. - What? (..)
    2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2