English dictionary

sensitive

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

responsive to physical stimuli

adj.all

Examples
A mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch.

A sensitive voltmeter.

Sensitive skin.

Sensitive to light.

Antonyms insensitive

Source: WordNet 3.0
being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

adj.all

Examples
Sensitive to the local community and its needs.

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able to feel or perceive

adj.all

Synonyms sensible

Antonyms insensible

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Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a <i>sensitive</i> soul.

adjective

Source: webster1913

hurting

adj.all

Synonyms raw sore tender

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of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security

adj.all

Source: WordNet 3.0