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

  • (..) Excuse me, ladies. You just keep aggregating and I'll be right back. He's not much to look at but it's so hard to find a family guy. Tell me about it. But the sensitive ones get eaten. No, please. I beg you, I need him . Why? A good looking guy like you? You say that but you don't mean it. (..)
    2002 Ice Age