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

  • (..) Very nice. Thanks! He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal He could clear the Savannah after every meal I'm a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind And oh, the shame He was ashamed Thoughta changin' my name Oh, what's in a name (..)
    1994 The Lion King