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1. (adj.) sensitive
endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
2. sensitive
readily or excessively affected by external influences.
3. sensitive
responsive to the feelings of others.
4. sensitive
easily hurt or offended.
5. sensitive
Physiol. having a low threshold of sensation or feeling.
6. sensitive
especially responsive to certain agents, as light:
sensitive photographic film.
7. sensitive
highly secret or delicate; requiring prudence:
sensitive diplomatic issues.
8. sensitive
constructed to measure small degrees of change:
a sensitive thermometer.
9. sensitive
marked by high radio sensitivity.
10. (n.) sensitive
a person who is sensitive.
11. sensitive
a person with psychic powers; medium.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME sensitif(e) < MF sensitif < ML sēnsitīvus)
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| Definition of 'sensitive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) medium, spiritualist, sensitive
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
"he consulted several mediums"
2. (adj) sensitive
responsive to physical stimuli
"a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
3. (adj) sensitive
being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
"sensitive to the local community and its needs"
4. (adj) sensible, sensitive
able to feel or perceive
"even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
5. (adj) sensitive, sore, raw, tender
hurting
"the tender spot on his jaw"
6. (adj) sensitive
of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
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1. (adjective) sensitive
easily upset or worried
She's a highly sensitive child.; The actress is very sensitive about her big feet.
2. sensitive
aware of and understanding people and situations
a doctor who is not sensitive to her needs; the sensitive treatment of grieving families
3. sensitive
easily affected
Children may be especially sensitive to health risks from pesticides .
4. sensitive
reacting very easily or very precisely
an ultra-sensitive instrument for measuring vibration
5. sensitive
delicate and needing careful treatment
sensitive skin/teeth
6. sensitive
needing to be dealt with carefully in order to avoid problems
a sensitive phase of the negotiations; a sensitive issue
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sensitive
having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul
2. (adj) sensitive
having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected
3. (adj) sensitive
having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales
4. (adj) sensitive
readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays
5. (adj) sensitive
serving to affect the sense; sensible
6. (adj) sensitive
of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. sensitive
Requiring special protection from disclosure that could cause embarrassment, compromise, or threat to the security of the sponsoring power. May be applied to an agency, installation, person, position, document, material, or activity.
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Sense: (usually withto) strongly or easily affected (by something)
sensitive skin; sensitive to light.
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 Afrikaans: sensitief |
 Arabic: حَسّاس |
 Bulgarian: чуствителен |
 Brazilian: sensível |
 Czech: citlivý |
 German: empfindlich |
 Danish: følsom |
 Greek: ευαίσθητος, ευπαθής |
 Spanish: sensible, delicado |
 Estonian: tundlik |
 Farsi: حساس |
 Finnish: herkkä |
 French: sensible (à) |
 Hebrew: רָגִיש |
 Hindi: संवेदनशील |
 Croatian: osjetljiv |
 Hungarian: (túl) érzékeny |
 Indonesian: peka |
 Icelandic: viðkvæmur, næmur |
 Italian: sensibile |
 Japanese: 感じやすい |
 Korean: 민감한 |
 Lithuanian: jautrus |
 Latvian: jutīgs |
 Malay: sensitif |
 Dutch: gevoelig |
 Norwegian: følsom, ømfintlig, sart |
 Polish: wrażliwy |
 Persian: حساس |
 Pashto: حساس، حسي |
 Portuguese: sensível |
 Romanian: sensibil (la) |
 Russian: нежный; чувствительный |
 Slovak: citlivý |
 Slovenian: občutljiv |
 Serbian: osetljiv |
 Swedish: känslig, ömtålig |
 Thai: อ่อนไหว; เสียหายได้ง่าย |
 Turkish: duyarlı, hassas |
 Taiwanese: 敏感的 |
 Ukrainian: чутливий, сприйнятливий |
 Urdu: حساس |
 Vietnamese: nhạy cảm |
 Chinese: 敏感的 |
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