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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.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
Example in sentence:
  • he consulted several mediums
2 . sensitive [ a]
Meaning (2):
- 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
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
Example in sentence:
  • sensitive to the local community and its needs
5 . sensitive [ s]
Meaning (5):
- hurting
Example in sentence:
  • the tender spot on his jaw

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