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

  • (..) Renee: You must think we're stupid. I don't know what you're talking about. Renee: "Anton, because he's a sensitive, romantic type." Erica: And Josh is the "big, strong, take-charge kind of guy." Whore! ( Muffled music playing ) ( Veronique screams ) (..)
    2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
  • (..) Oh, Jesus. - ( Veronique chuckles ) - Together? Veronique: Wait, let me explain. Anton, because he's the sensitive, romantic type. And Josh, because he's the big and strong, take-charge kind of guy. And I always thought (..)
    2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond