Definitions for sensitive
ˈsɛn sɪ tɪvsen·si·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. medium, spiritualist, sensitiveadjective

   someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

   "he consulted several mediums"

2. sensitiveadjective

   responsive to physical stimuli

   "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"

3. sensitiveadjective

   being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

   "sensitive to the local community and its needs"

4. sensible, sensitiveadjective

   able to feel or perceive

   "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"

5. sensitive, sore, raw, tenderadjective

   hurting

   "the tender spot on his jaw"

6. sensitiveadjective

   of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sensitivenoun

   One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.

2. sensitiveadjective

   Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.

3. sensitiveadjective

   Responsive to stimuli.

4. sensitiveadjective

   Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.

   My friend Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.

5. 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.

6. sensitiveadjective

   Accurate (instrument)

7. Etymology: From sensitif, from sensitivus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensitiveadjective

   Having sense or perception, but not reason.

   Etymology: sensitif, French.

   The sensitive faculty may have a sensitive love of some sensitive objects, which though moderated so as not to fall into sin; yet, through the nature of man’s sense, may express itself more sensitively towards that inferior object than towards God: this is a piece of human frailty. Henry Hammond.

   All the actions of the sensitive appetite are in painting called passions, because the soul is agitated by them, and because the body suffers and is sensibly altered. Dryden.

   Bodies are such as are endued with a vegetative soul, as plants; a sensitive soul, as animals; or a rational soul, as the body of man. John Ray.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sensitive

   Sensitive generally refers to the capacity to respond or detect changes in one's physical or emotional environment. It can relate to being acutely aware of or easily affected by physical sensations, emotions, or the feelings of others. Often, it applies to someone who can quickly perceive or feel, even minor changes or subtle differences. This term can also refer to a topic or issue requiring discretion or tact due to its potential to evoke strong reactions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensitiveadjective

   having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul

2. 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

3. Sensitiveadjective

   having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales

4. 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

5. Sensitiveadjective

   serving to affect the sense; sensible

6. Sensitiveadjective

   of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation

7. Etymology: [F. sensitif. See Sense.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sensitive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2785

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sensitive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3992

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sensitive' in Adjectives Frequency: #372

How to pronounce sensitive?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensitive in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensitive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sensitive in a Sentence

1. John Demers:

   Frese violated the trust placed in him by the American people when he disclosed sensitive national security information for personal gain, he alerted our country's adversaries to sensitive national defense information, putting the nation's security at risk.

2. Stanley Perlman:

   You want them to be sensitive enough to detect everyone who has had the infection.

3. Isaac Herzog:

   We need the president on our side, day and night, on so many sensitive and important issues.

4. Shasta Groene:

   It felt weird being in a house with my dad and his girlfriend with none of my brothers, i was just so alone. He was a truck driver, so it was very seldom that we saw him. But that’s how he paid the bills. I also became really sensitive about my weight and the things that I ate. I think it was a way to punish Shasta Groene. I developed an eating disorder at a very young age. If I ate, I made Shasta Groene throw up. I then started self-harming. I was hiding a lot from my dad. And then he got throat cancer. He almost died from it. So much has happened that I never fully got to heal.

5. Tricia Neuman:

   The hope is people will be more sensitive to costs and go without unnecessary care, but if instead, some forego medical care that they need, they may require expensive care down the road, potentially raising costs for Medicare over time.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sensitive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sensitive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sensitive
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensitive
6. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf