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

  • (..) Really? You can't imagine. I sure can't. What do you mean? The ears, for instance. What about the ears? It's a very sensitive, erogenous area. So you get your ears licked? I would never have thought about that. Philippe. - Hit that. It will help. - What is this bullshit? (..)
    2011 The Intouchables