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sensitive

/ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/ noun C2
  1. A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.

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I had already observed that he was as sensitive to flattery on the score of his art as any girl could be of her beauty.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 39 · B2
“My brother, Sir James, was a man of very sensitive honour, and he could not survive such an affair.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 17 · B2
Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 53 · C1
To hand a sensitive, “highstrung” child over to such a woman!
Anne of Green Gables, p. 58 · C1

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