sensitiveness

[sen-si-tiv-nis] / ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv nɪs /

NOUN

sensation

Synonyms

STRONG

awareness consciousness emotion feeling impression passion response sense sensibility sensitivity sentiment susceptibility thought tingle vibes

WEAK

gut reaction

Antonyms

STRONG

apathy concrete indifference insensibility insensitivity numbness physicality thing unconsciousness

NOUN

sensitivity

Synonyms

STRONG

acuteness awareness consciousness delicacy feeling nervousness reactivity receptiveness sensation sense sensibility subtlety susceptibility sympathy

WEAK

affectibility impressionability reactiveness

Antonyms

STRONG

indifference insensibility unconsciousness

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I inherit certain susceptibilities, weaknesses, sensitivenesses, which render it impossible to adapt myself to the ordinary milieu; I have to make one of my own wherever I go, and never mingle with that already made.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

I know he has little faults: impatiences, sensitivenesses, even little selfishnesses that are too trivial for him to notice.

From The Doctor's Dilemma by Shaw, Bernard

sensitiveness

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