sensitive
1 adj If you are sensitiveto other people's needs, problems, or feelings, you show understanding and awareness of them.
oft ADJ to n (approval)
The classroom teacher must be sensitive to a child's needs..., He was always so sensitive and caring.
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sensitively adv usu ADV with v
The abuse of women needs to be treated seriously and sensitively.
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sensitivity n-uncount oft N for n
A good relationship involves concern and sensitivity for each other's feelings.
2 adj If you are sensitiveabout something, you are easily worried and offended when people talk about it.
oft ADJ about n
Young people are very sensitive about their appearance..., Take it easy. Don't be so sensitive.
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sensitivity ( sensitivities plural) n-var oft N about n
...people who suffer extreme sensitivity about what others think...
3 adj A sensitive subject or issue needs to be dealt with carefully because it is likely to cause disagreement or make people angry or upset.
Employment is a very sensitive issue., ...politically sensitive matters.
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sensitivity n-uncount oft N of n
Due to the obvious sensitivity of the issue he would not divulge any details.
4 adj Sensitive documents or reports contain information that needs to be kept secret and dealt with carefully.
usu ADJ n
He instructed staff to shred sensitive documents.
5 adj Something that is sensitiveto a physical force, substance, or treatment is easily affected by it and often harmed by it.
oft ADJ to n
...a chemical which is sensitive to light., ...gentle cosmetics for sensitive skin.
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sensitivity n-uncount oft N of n
...the sensitivity of cells to damage by chemotherapy.
6 adj A sensitive piece of scientific equipment is capable of measuring or recording very small changes. usu ADJ n ...an extremely sensitive microscope. ♦
sensitivity n-uncount ...the sensitivity of the detector.
case-sensitive
In computing, if a written word such as a password is case-sensitive, it must be written in a particular form, for example using all capital letters or all small letters, in order for the computer to recognize it. (COMPUTING) adj
Traducción diccionario Collins Ingles - Cobuild
sensitive
1 delicate, easily affected, impressionable, reactive, responsive, sentient, susceptible, touchy-feely (informal)
2 delicate, easily hurt, easily offended, easily upset, irritable, temperamental, tender, thin-skinned, touchy, umbrageous (rare)
3 acute, fine, keen, perceptive, precise
Antonyms
approximate, callous, hard, hardened, imprecise, inexact, insensitive, obtuse, thick-skinned, tough, uncaring, unfeeling, unperceptive
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