sensitive
sen·si·tive
adjective
1.
responsive to physical stimuli
- “a mimosa”
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2.
having acute mental or emotional sensibility
- “sensitive to the local community and its needs”
3.
- “even amoeba are sensible creatures”
- “the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid;”
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5.
used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security
Origin
From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus. By surface analysis, sense + -ite + -ive.
Phrases
- case sensitive
- highly sensitive person
- sensitive compartmented information
- sensitive female chord progression
- sensitive fern
- sensitive pea
- sensitive style
Related words
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