sensitive
/ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/ adjective B2- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- Responsive to stimuli.
- Easily offended, upset, or hurt. · Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
- Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
- Meant to be concealed or kept secret. · These are highly sensitive documents.
- Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them. · Thank you for being sensitive.
- Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy. · The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.
- Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
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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.
“My brother, Sir James, was a man of very sensitive honour, and he could not survive such an affair.
Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow.
To hand a sensitive, “highstrung” child over to such a woman!
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