sensitive

English

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA: /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

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Adjective

sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)

1. Responsive to stimuli.
2. Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.

   My friend Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.

3. Of an issue, capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.

   Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.

4. Accurate (instrument)

Derived terms

• sensitively
• sensitiveness
• sensitivity

Related terms

• sense

Synonyms

• tender
• precise
• compassionate
• caring
• aware

Antonyms

• insensitive
• stoic
• uncaring
• resistant

Translations

responsive to stimuli

Danish: følsom (da) Finnish: herkkä (fi) French: sensible (fr) German: empfindlich (de), sensibel (de) Greek: ευαίσθητος (el) m. (evaísthitos) Hungarian: érzékeny (hu) Japanese: 敏感 (ja) (binkan)

Polish: wrażliwy (pl) Romanian: sensibil (ro) m. and n., susceptibil (ro) m. and n., impresionabil (ro) m. and n., receptiv (ro) m. and n. Russian: чувствительный (čuvstvít'el’nyj), чуткий (čútkij), восприимчивый (vospriímčivyj) Slovene: občutljiv (sl) m. Spanish: sensible (es), sensitivo (es)

of a person

Basque: sentibera (eu), hunkibera (eu) Czech: citlivý (cs) m., senzitivní (cs) m. Esperanto: sentema (eo) Finnish: herkkä (fi), herkkätunteinen (fi), arka (fi) German: empfindlich (de), sensibel (de) Greek: ευαίσθητος (el) m. (evaísthitos)

Hungarian: érzékeny (hu) Japanese: 敏感 (ja) (binkan) Romanian: receptiv (ro) m. and n., sensibil (ro) m. and n., simțitor (ro) m. and n. Russian: чувствительный (čuvstvít'el’nyj), ранимый (ranímyj) Slovene: občutljiv (sl) m. Spanish: sensible (es), susceptible (es)

of an issue

Finnish: herkkä (fi), arkaluonteinen (fi)

of an instrument

Czech: citlivý (cs) m. Finnish: herkkä (fi) Greek: ευαίσθητος (el) m. (evaísthitos) Hungarian: érzékeny (hu)

Japanese: 繊細 (ja) (sensai) Romanian: sensibil (ro) m. and n., de precizie (ro) m., f., and n. Russian: чувствительный (čuvstvít'el’nyj), точный (tóčnyj) Spanish: sensible (es)

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Arabic: حساس (ħassās) Mandarin: 敏感 (mǐngǎn) Dutch: gevoelig French: sensible (1) Italian: sensibile

Korean: 민감한 (min-gamhan) Portuguese: sensível Swedish: känslig (1,2) Turkish: duyarlı, hassas

Noun

sensitive (plural sensitives)

1. One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
   • 2003, Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2

     Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑ̃.si.tiv/, SAMPA: /sA~.si.tiv/

Adjective

sensitive f.

1. feminine form of sensitif

Anagrams

• investies

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Italian

Adjective

sensitive f.

1. Feminine plural form of sensitivo

Anagrams

• estensivi, intessevi

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Latin

Adjective

sensitive

1. vocative masculine singular of sensitivus