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

  • (..) illegal. It's frowned upon, like... Masturbating on an airplane. I'm pretty sure that's illegal too. Yeah, maybe after / where everybody gets so sensitive. Thanks a lot, Bin Laden. Either way, you gotta be super smart to count cards, buddy./ Oh, really? It's not easy./ Maybe we (..)
    2009 The Hangover