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sensitive

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1. sensitive - Noun

2. sensitive - Adjective

3. sensitive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A Christian must not be fanatical; he must have love for and be sensitive towards all people. Paisios of Mount Athos

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. Dan Quayle

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. Alan Watts

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. Elvis Costello

If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy. Elliott Smith

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager. Sylvester Stallone

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