adj
Meaning 1
Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sensitive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: sĕn'sĭtĭv
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/
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General-American: /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/
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General-American: [ˈsɛn.sɪɾ.ɪv]
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adj
Meaning 2
Responsive to stimuli.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Qualifier: topic
Examples
- Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- These are highly sensitive documents.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Thank you for being sensitive.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 8
Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 9
Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 11
able to feel or perceive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- even amoeba are sensible creatures
- the more sensible parts of the skin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sensible
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 12
responsive to physical stimuli
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch
- a sensitive voltmeter
- sensitive skin
- sensitive to light
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: insensitive
adjective
Meaning 13
being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sensitive to the local community and its needs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: insensitive
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
hurting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the tender spot on his jaw
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sore, raw, tender
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he consulted several mediums
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medium, spiritualist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychic
History
Etymology
From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus. By surface analysis, sense + -ite + -ive.
Across languages
Translations
164 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ذُو إِحْسَاس (ḏū ʔiḥsās) — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Bulgarian: чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Cebuano: sensitib — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Cebuano: sensitibo — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Esperanto: sentema — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Finnish: aisti- — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Galician: sensíbel — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Greek: αισθητικός (aisthitikós) — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Ancient Greek: αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós) — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Hungarian: érzékelő — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Hungarian: érzékelési — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Hungarian: érzékszervi — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Māori: rahirahi — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Polish: czuły — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Portuguese: sensitivo — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Spanish: sensible — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Tagalog: matugunin — having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
- Arabic: حَسَّاس (ḥassās) — responsive to stimuli
- Armenian: զգայուն (zgayun) — responsive to stimuli
- Azerbaijani: həssas — responsive to stimuli
- Belarusian: чуллі́вы (čullívy) — responsive to stimuli
- Belarusian: чульлі́вы (čulʹlívy) — responsive to stimuli
- Belarusian: адчува́льны (adčuválʹny) — responsive to stimuli
- Belarusian: чу́лы (čúly) — responsive to stimuli
- Belarusian: чу́ткі (čútki) — responsive to stimuli
- Bulgarian: чувстви́телен (čuvstvítelen) — responsive to stimuli
- Catalan: sensible — responsive to stimuli
- Cebuano: sensitib — responsive to stimuli
- Cebuano: sensitibo — responsive to stimuli
- Chinese Mandarin: 敏感 (mǐngǎn) — responsive to stimuli
- Czech: citlivý — responsive to stimuli
- Danish: følsom — responsive to stimuli
- Dutch: gevoelig — responsive to stimuli
- Dutch: prikkelbaar — responsive to stimuli
- Dutch: lichtgeraakt — responsive to stimuli
- Esperanto: sentiva — responsive to stimuli
- Finnish: herkkä — responsive to stimuli
- Finnish: aistiherkkä — responsive to stimuli
- French: sensible — responsive to stimuli
- Galician: sensíbel — responsive to stimuli
- Georgian: მგრძნობიარე (mgrʒnobiare) — responsive to stimuli
- German: empfindlich — responsive to stimuli
- German: sensibel — responsive to stimuli
- Greek: ευαίσθητος (evaísthitos) — responsive to stimuli
- Ancient Greek: αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós) — responsive to stimuli
- Hungarian: érzékeny — responsive to stimuli
- Hungarian: fogékony — responsive to stimuli
- Icelandic: viðkvæmur — responsive to stimuli
- Ingrian: hellä — responsive to stimuli
- Ingrian: herkkä — responsive to stimuli
- Italian: ricettivo — responsive to stimuli
- Italian: sensibile — responsive to stimuli
- Japanese: 敏感な (binkan na) — responsive to stimuli
- Korean: 민감하다 (min'gamhada) — responsive to stimuli
- Māori: rahirahi — responsive to stimuli
- Norwegian: følsom — responsive to stimuli
- Polish: wrażliwy — responsive to stimuli
- Polish: czuły — responsive to stimuli
- Portuguese: sensível — responsive to stimuli
- Portuguese: sensitivo — responsive to stimuli
- Romanian: sensibil — responsive to stimuli
- Romanian: susceptibil — responsive to stimuli
- Romanian: impresionabil — responsive to stimuli
- Romanian: receptiv — responsive to stimuli
- Russian: чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) — responsive to stimuli
- Russian: чу́ткий (čútkij) — responsive to stimuli
- Russian: восприи́мчивый (vospriímčivyj) — responsive to stimuli
- Serbo-Croatian: osjetljiv — responsive to stimuli
- Slovak: citlivý — responsive to stimuli
- Slovene: občutljiv — responsive to stimuli
- Spanish: sensible — responsive to stimuli
- Spanish: sensitivo — responsive to stimuli
- Swedish: känslig — responsive to stimuli
- Tagalog: matugunin — responsive to stimuli
- Ukrainian: чутли́вий (čutlývyj) — responsive to stimuli
- Ukrainian: чу́лий (čúlyj) — responsive to stimuli
- Ukrainian: почутли́вий (počutlývyj) — responsive to stimuli
- Ukrainian: чуйни́й (čujnýj) — responsive to stimuli
- Ukrainian: чутки́й (čutkýj) — responsive to stimuli
- Vietnamese: nhạy cảm — responsive to stimuli
- Arabic: حَسَّاس (ḥassās) — easily offended
- Basque: sentibera — easily offended
- Basque: hunkibera — easily offended
- Bulgarian: обидчив (obidčiv) — easily offended
- Catalan: sensible — easily offended
- Cebuano: sensitib — easily offended
- Cebuano: sensitibo — easily offended
- Czech: citlivý — easily offended
- Czech: senzitivní — easily offended
- Esperanto: sentema — easily offended
- Finnish: herkkä — easily offended
- Finnish: herkkätunteinen — easily offended
- Finnish: arka — easily offended
- French: sensible — easily offended
- Galician: sensíbel — easily offended
- Galician: susceptíbel — easily offended
- German: empfindlich — easily offended
- German: sensibel — easily offended
- Greek: ευαίσθητος (evaísthitos) — easily offended
- Greek: εύθικτος (éfthiktos) — easily offended
- Hebrew: רגיש — easily offended
- Hungarian: érzékeny — easily offended
- Hungarian: szenzitív — easily offended
- Indonesian: baper — easily offended
- Ingrian: herkkä — easily offended
- Ingrian: arkaloontoin — easily offended
- Italian: sensibile — easily offended
- Japanese: 敏感な (binkan na) — easily offended
- Māori: hūkokikoki — easily offended
- Māori: āritarita — easily offended
- Navajo: baa hastiʼ — easily offended
- Polish: drażliwy — easily offended
- Portuguese: sensível — easily offended
- Romanian: receptiv — easily offended
- Romanian: sensibil — easily offended
- Romanian: simțitor — easily offended
- Russian: чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) — easily offended
- Russian: рани́мый (ranímyj) — easily offended
- Serbo-Croatian: razdražljiv — easily offended
- Slovene: občutljiv — easily offended
- Spanish: sensible — easily offended
- Spanish: susceptible — easily offended
- Swedish: känslig — easily offended
- Turkish: alıngan — easily offended
- Turkish: darılgan — easily offended
- Unami: amatamàlsi — easily offended
- Catalan: delicat — capable of offending
- Catalan: ploramiques — capable of offending
- Cebuano: sensitib — capable of offending
- Cebuano: sensitibo — capable of offending
- Danish: sensitiv — capable of offending
- Finnish: herkkä — capable of offending
- Finnish: arkaluonteinen — capable of offending
- Galician: delicado — capable of offending
- Galician: delicada — capable of offending
- Greek: ευαίσθητος (evaísthitos) — capable of offending
- Hebrew: רגיש — capable of offending
- Hungarian: kényes — capable of offending
- Italian: sensibile — capable of offending
- Italian: delicato — capable of offending
- Portuguese: delicado — capable of offending
- Russian: конфиденциа́льный (konfidɛnciálʹnyj) — capable of offending
- Russian: щекотливый (ščekotlivyj) — capable of offending
- Turkish: hassas — capable of offending
- Turkish: ince — capable of offending
- Turkish: nazik — capable of offending
- Bulgarian: прецизен (precizen) — accurate
- Catalan: sensible — accurate
- Czech: citlivý — accurate
- Finnish: herkkä — accurate
- French: sensible — accurate
- Galician: sensíbel — accurate
- Greek: ευαίσθητος (evaísthitos) — accurate
- Hungarian: érzékeny — accurate
- Hungarian: finom — accurate
- Hungarian: precíz — accurate
- Japanese: 繊細な (sensai na) — accurate
- Portuguese: sensível — accurate
- Romanian: sensibil — accurate
- Romanian: de precizie — accurate
- Russian: чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) — accurate
- Russian: то́чный (tóčnyj) — accurate
- Spanish: sensible — accurate
- Swedish: känslig — accurate
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