sensitive
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/
The English word “sensitive” has 10 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- Responsive to stimuli.
- Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
- Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
- Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
- Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.
- Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.
- Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
- Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
noun
- A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
Etymology
From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus. By surface analysis, sense + -ite + -ive.
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