Definition
Meaning of 'sensitive'
Meaning of 'sensitive' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Sensitive 
[ a.]
- Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the
capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a
sensitive soul. [ a.]- Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
- Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
- Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.
- Serving to affect the sense; sensible.
- Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
Meaning of 'sensitive' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. sensitive [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
Example in sentence:
- he consulted several mediums
2. sensitive [ a]
[ a]Meaning (2):
- responsive to physical stimuli
- responsive to physical stimuli
Example in sentence:
- a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch;
- a sensitive voltmeter;
- sensitive skin;
- sensitive to light
Meaning (3):
- able to feel or perceive
- able to feel or perceive
Example in sentence:
- even amoeba are sensible creatures;
- the more sensible parts of the skin
Meaning (4):
- being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
- being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
Example in sentence:
- sensitive to the local community and its needs
3. sensitive [ s]
[ s]Meaning (5):
- hurting
- hurting
Example in sentence:
- the tender spot on his jaw
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