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

  • (..) Or the Grumpy way he talks? No. Or the pear-shaped, square-shaped ...weirdness of his feet? Hey! And though we know he washes well he always ends up Sorta smelly. But You'll never meet a fella who's as sensitive and sweet. That's nice. So he's a bit of a fixer upper, So he's got a few flaws, (..)
    2013 Frozen