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

  • (..) Who really knows him? Who does he hang out with? - No one. - That must be lonely. ''Take two Turks as needed, apply to sensitive areas...'' Who wrote this? Whassup? Come on, Carla. Give me one good reason why you won't go out with me. You're a surgeon, (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My Mentor Season: 1 Episode 2