sensitive

sensitive
01. She's so [sensitive] that she always cries at a sad movie.
02. I'm very [sensitive] to the cold, so I think I'd better put on a sweater.
03. He should have been a little more [sensitive] to his girlfriend's feelings.
04. Researchers have recently suggested that children may become [desensitized] to violence around them as a result of watching violent movies.
05. High school counselors need to demonstrate a great deal of [sensitivity] in their work in order to gain the trust and respect of the adolescents they work with.
06. The book is an excellent educational tool which deals very [sensitively] with the topic of child abuse.
07. I can't really talk about this because of the [sensitivity] of the issue.
08. Any [sensitive] documents are to be shredded at the end of the day.
09. Your eyes will be a little [sensitive] to light for a while after getting the drops in them.
10. Young people are often very [sensitive] about their appearance.
11. A good teacher is [sensitive] to her students' needs.
12. Babies have [sensitive] skin.
13. Martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme once said, "I love karate, it's like a bible to me. But deep inside, I'm so [sensitive]."
14. Eda LeShan once said that the more alert and [sensitive] we are to our own needs, the more loving and generous we can be toward others.
15. A snake has no ears; however, its tongue is extremely [sensitive] to sound vibrations.
16. Robert Penn Warren once said that poets are terribly [sensitive] people, and one of the things they are most [sensitive] about is cash.
17. The economy of Iceland is very [sensitive] to declining fish stocks.
18. Narcotic drugs are known to depress the nervous system activity, in addition to reducing [sensitivity] to pain, and feelings of anxiety.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • sensitive — [ sɑ̃sitiv ] n. f. • 1665; herbe sensitive 1639; de sensitif ♦ Mimosa dont les feuilles se rétractent au contact. ● sensitive nom féminin Nom usuel donné à Mimosa pudica, plante dont les feuilles se replient au moindre contact. ● sensitif,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • sensitive — sen‧si‧tive [ˈsenstɪv] adjective 1. very easily and quickly affected by changes: • Many economically sensitive companies have closed factories and cut their staff. • We face fierce competition from imports and price sensitive consumers (=… …   Financial and business terms

  • Sensitive — Sen si*tive, a. [F. sensitif. See {Sense}.] 1. Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul. [1913 Webster] 2. Having quick and acute sensibility, either to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sensitive — Sensitive. s. f. Espece de plante, qu on appelle ainsi, parce qu elle semble avoir du sentiment, & s éloigner de celuy qui la veut toucher. La grande sensitive. la petite sensitive …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • sensitive — [sen′sə tiv] adj. [ME sensitife < MFr sensitif < ML sensitivus < L sensus: see SENSE] 1. of the senses or sensation; esp., connected with the reception or transmission of sense impressions; sensory 2. receiving and responding to stimuli… …   English World dictionary

  • sensitive — c.1400, having the function of sensation, from M.Fr. sensitif (13c.), from M.L. sensitivus capable of sensation, from L. sensus, pp. of sentire feel perceive (see SENSE (Cf. sense)). Meaning easily affected (with ref. to mental feelings) first… …   Etymology dictionary

  • sensitive — [adj1] impressionable acute, cognizant, conscious, delicate, easily affected, emotionable, emotional, feeling, fine, highstrung, hung up*, hypersensitive, impressible, irritable, keen, knowing, nervous, oversensitive, perceiving, perceptive,… …   New thesaurus

  • Sensitīve — (Sinnpflanze), s. Mimosa …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sensitive — Sensitive, Sinnpflanze, s. Mimosa …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • sensitive — I (discerning) adjective aesthetic, alert, alive to, apperceptive, appercipient, astute, attentive, awake to, aware, cognizant, conscious, critical, discriminating, discriminative, fastidious, heedful, keen, mindful, observant, penetrating,… …   Law dictionary

  • sensitive — 1 susceptible, subject, exposed, open, *liable, prone Analogous words: impressed, influenced, affected (see AFFECT): predisposed, disposed, inclined (see INCLINE vb) Antonyms: insensitive 2 *sentient, impressible, impressionable, responsive,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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