What does sensitive mean?
Definitions for sensitive
ˈsɛn sɪ tɪvsen·si·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
medium, spiritualist, sensitiveadjective
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
"he consulted several mediums"
sensitiveadjective
responsive to physical stimuli
"a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
sensitiveadjective
being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
"sensitive to the local community and its needs"
sensible, sensitiveadjective
able to feel or perceive
"even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
sensitive, sore, raw, tenderadjective
hurting
"the tender spot on his jaw"
sensitiveadjective
of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
Wiktionary
sensitivenoun
One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
Etymology: From sensitif, from sensitivus.
sensitiveadjective
Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
Etymology: From sensitif, from sensitivus.
sensitiveadjective
Responsive to stimuli.
Etymology: From sensitif, from sensitivus.
sensitiveadjective
Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.
My friend Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
Etymology: From sensitif, from sensitivus.
sensitiveadjective
Of an issue, capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
Etymology: From sensitif, from sensitivus.
sensitiveadjective
Accurate (instrument)
Etymology: From sensitif, from sensitivus.
Webster Dictionary
Sensitiveadjective
having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul
Etymology: [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
Sensitiveadjective
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
Etymology: [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
Sensitiveadjective
having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales
Etymology: [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
Sensitiveadjective
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
Etymology: [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
Sensitiveadjective
serving to affect the sense; sensible
Etymology: [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
Sensitiveadjective
of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation
Etymology: [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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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Rank popularity for the word 'sensitive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2785
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sensitive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3992
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sensitive' in Adjectives Frequency: #372
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sensitive in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sensitive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of sensitive in a Sentence
I suspect that the appeal of password-protected sites are their convenience, their ability to provide the exact test results and the opportunity to compare current and prior test results, however, if the findings are abnormal( e.g. cancer testing) or sensitive in nature( e.g. STI testing of one member of a couple), preferences may change.
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich:
If one is talking about the pension system, healthcare, education - these themes are much more sensitive, more complicated, than (industrial) sector themes, all the same they are being discussed at the highest level.
We could've done more to ease his pain and make him feel more comfortable, i should've been much more sensitive to Russell's anguish in those days. We'd talk...
Nobody wakes up in the morning wanting to waste food, but it happens in little bits and pieces, we are so price-sensitive in the store, but when we get home and eventually throw out a quarter of the cheese we just bought, we don't realize that's another $1.50.
Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?
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- حساسArabic
- citlivý, senzitivníCzech
- følsomDanish
- sensibel, empfindlichGerman
- ευαίσθητοςGreek
- sentemaEsperanto
- susceptible, sensitivo, sensibleSpanish
- sentibera, hunkiberaBasque
- herkkätunteinen, arka, herkkä, arkaluonteinenFinnish
- sensibleFrench
- kényes, érzékenyHungarian
- sensibile, delicatoItalian
- 敏感, 繊細Japanese
- hūkokikokiMāori
- wrażliwyPolish
- susceptibil, impresionabil, de precizie, receptiv, simțitor, sensibilRomanian
- ранимый, чуткий, восприимчивый, точный, конфиденциальный, чувствительный, щекотливыйRussian
- občutljivSlovene
- känsligSwedish
- முக்கியTamil
- حساسUrdu
- nhạy cảmVietnamese
- 敏感Chinese
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