sensitive

[sen-si-tiv] / ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv /

ADJECTIVE

impressionable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conscious delicate emotional hypersensitive keen nervous perceptive precise receptive responsive susceptible tense touchy tricky unstable

STRONG

acute feeling fine knowing psychic seeing understanding

WEAK

cognizant easily affected emotionable high-strung hung up impressible irritable oversensitive perceiving precarious reactive sensatory sensile sensorial sensory sentient supersensitive ticklish touchy feely tuned-in turned on to umbrageous wired

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm ignorant imprecise insensitive laid-back loose strong unaware unresponsive unsusceptible

WEAK

heartless impassive indifferent numb thick-skinned unfeeling

ADJECTIVE

easily hurt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleeding-heart delicate painful

STRONG

sore tender

WEAK

easily harmed

Antonyms

WEAK

heartless impassive indifferent insensitive numb thick-skinned unfeeling unsusceptible

Example Sentences

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"Earlier today, a Claude Code release included some internal source code. No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed," an Anthropic spokesperson said.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

"The braking and acceleration can be a bit more sensitive, because obviously it's not the same as using your feet," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

But the leak did reveal commercially sensitive information, including Anthropic’s proprietary techniques, tools and instructions for cajoling its AI models to work as coding agents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The bank’s system is sensitive to money that comes from within the broader financial ecosystem.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Finally—your dragon will be very sensitive to your own emotional state.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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