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

  • (..) of the Cuban crime wave? What you taIking crazy for? I'm a poIiticaI refugee here. TONY: So take it easy. Don't taIk crazy. ELVIRA: Sorry. I didn't know you were so sensitive about your dipIomatic status. What is your probIem, baby? a beautifuI face, aII these guys in Iove with you. (..)
    1983 Scarface