sensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕn'sĭtĭv
ipa: /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/
ipa: /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/
ipa: [ˈsɛn.sɪɾ.ɪv]
ipa: /ˈsɪn.sɪt.ɪv/
ipa: [ˈsɪn.sɪɾ.ɪv]
Forms: form: more sensitive
form: most sensitive
form: sensative
Etymology: From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.
Senses: examples: text: The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 1, member 2, subsection i:
glosses: Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
examples: text: The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
glosses: Responsive to stimuli.
examples: text: Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
glosses: Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
qualifier: topic
glosses: Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
raw_tags: of an issue
examples: text: These are highly sensitive documents.
text: Xeltan: I cannot speak more about this problem; it is too sensitive. Suffice it to say, she has compromised my authority as a diplomat.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
glosses: Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
examples: text: Thank you for being sensitive.
glosses: Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.
examples: text: The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.
glosses: Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.
glosses: Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
raw_tags: of an instrument
glosses: Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
Synonyms: aware
caring
classified
compassionate
nesh
precise
tender
Hyponyms: hypersensitive
light-sensitive
time-sensitive
Derived terms: barosensitive
case sensitive
chemosensitive
cold-sensitive
context-sensitive
cryosensitive
ecosensitive
electrosensitive
extrasensitive
hemosensitive
highly sensitive person
hydrosensitive
hygrosensitive
hyposensitive
immunosensitive
magnetosensitive
mechanosensitive
metabosensitive
meteorosensitive
morphosensitive
osmosensitive
oversensitive
pansensitive
pharmacosensitive
phosphosensitive
photosensitive
piezosensitive
pressure-sensitive
pseudosensitive
psychrosensitive
radiosensitive
Sensex
sensitive female chord progression
sensitive fern
sensitively
sensitiveness
sensitive pea
sensitivity
sensitivize
sensitize
serosensitive
somatosensitive
subsensitive
supersensitive
thermohygrosensitive
thermosensitive
triplosensitive
ultrasensitive
undersensitive
unsensitive
viscerosensitive
Related terms: sense