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

  • (..) is a metaphor for big dicks. No, it ain't. It's about a girl who's very vulnerable. She's been fucked over a few times and she meets a guy who's sensitive. Whoa. Timeout. Tell that bullshit to the tourists. Toby? Who the fuck is Toby? "Like A Virgin" is not about some sensitive girl who meets a nice fella. That's what "True Blue" is about. No argument about that. - Which one is "True Blue"? - It was a big-ass hit for Madonna. I don't even follow that top-of-the-pops (..)
    1992 Reservoir Dogs