sensitive

[sen-si-tiv] / ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv /

ADJECTIVE

impressionable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conscious delicate emotional hypersensitive keen nervous perceptive precise receptive responsive susceptible tense touchy tricky unstable

STRONG

acute feeling fine knowing psychic seeing understanding

WEAK

cognizant easily affected emotionable high-strung hung up impressible irritable oversensitive perceiving precarious reactive sensatory sensile sensorial sensory sentient supersensitive ticklish touchy feely tuned-in turned on to umbrageous wired

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm ignorant imprecise insensitive laid-back loose strong unaware unresponsive unsusceptible

WEAK

heartless impassive indifferent numb thick-skinned unfeeling

ADJECTIVE

easily hurt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleeding-heart delicate painful

STRONG

sore tender

WEAK

easily harmed

Antonyms

WEAK

heartless impassive indifferent insensitive numb thick-skinned unfeeling unsusceptible

Example Sentences

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“We have a lot of developers in town who are really trying to be sensitive to fitting in to the neighborhood.”

From Los Angeles Times

Meta said that as with any recording device, people using smart glasses should not engage in "harmful activities like harassment, infringing privacy rights, or capturing sensitive information."

From BBC

In January 2025, Chinese startup DeepSeek shook the tech world with a low-cost, high-performance reasoning model that upended assumptions of US dominance in the sensitive sector.

From Barron's

Stocks sensitive to commodity prices are already off to a strong start.

From MarketWatch

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