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sensitive
adjective as in impressionable
Strongest matches
conscious, delicate, emotional, hypersensitive, keen, nervous, perceptive, precise, receptive, responsive, susceptible, tense, touchy, tricky, unstable
Weak matches
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
adjective as in easily hurt
Example Sentences
In particular, cetaceans such as whales and dolphins are likely to be sensitive to the noises and increased marine traffic brought by these turbines.
“Sometimes it was letting me do what I was doing because he liked it. Sometimes he had some tweaks. And I got taught that that’s fine, even though I was sensitive about it at first.”
The judge called it "clearly a very sensitive as well as a very tragic case".
To be honest, initially, I still wanted to be very sensitive to the fact that this is someone who, she’s been sober for a certain amount of years, but it’s still relatively fresh going.
People are also sharing sensitive health information on health and wellness apps, including online mental health and counseling programs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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