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sensitive
adjective as in impressionable
Strongest matches
conscious, delicate, emotional, hypersensitive, keen, nervous, perceptive, precise, receptive, responsive, susceptible, tense, touchy, tricky, unstable
Weak matches
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
adjective as in easily hurt
Example Sentences
The light, as much as it exists in this series, shines through Hahn’s sensitive work as Dominick’s ex-wife Dessa and the welcome breath of comedy Rob Huebel lends to Leo, Dominick’s mischievous best friend.
Young people have smaller bodies and their brains are still developing, which can make them more sensitive to caffeine, say experts.
The company, however, did acknowledge "there have been moments where our systems did not behave as intended in sensitive situations".
We had always known the story was sensitive but even so, we were surprised by the Libyan reaction.
"I'm a little sensitive, I don't want to cry - I had so much fun out here," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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