SENSITIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of sensitive in English
sensitive adjective
(UPSET )
More examples Fewer examples Don't be so sensitive! She's very sensitive about her weight . He's very sensitive to criticism of his children . I have to be very careful with what I say because she's so sensitive. If I'd known how sensitive she was I wouldn't have made the remark .
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sensitive adjective
(KIND )
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sensitive adjective
(REACTING EASILY )
painful Her ankle was still painful if she put weight on it. sore My feet are sore from walking around all day. tender The glands in my neck feel really tender. sensitive My face was bright red and sensitive to the touch. excruciating His injury caused excruciating headaches.
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We use a pH-sensitive dye .
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(Definition of sensitive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
sensitive | American Dictionary
sensitive adjective
(UNDERSTANDING )
sensitive adjective
(UPSET )
sensitive adjective
(REACTING EASILY )
sensitive adjective
(NEEDING CAREFUL TREATMENT )
(Definition of sensitive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of sensitive
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The trappings of style and design tend to evaporate - at least to some degree - replaced by sensitive renderings of a city experienced.
The spatial receptive-field structure of these selection units suggests that they may be sensitive to disparity contrast.
Symbolic appeals, like the applications of rules, ought to be sensitive to special circumstances.
The authors discuss the conditions that can make for successful peer work, including preparation of the students and a sensitive approach by the teacher.
Thus, it is vital to remain sensitive to the danger inherent in their use.
Sensitivity analysis showed that the value of prevalence was sensitive mainly to variations in vaccination and screening costs.
This observation means that smaller farms are more sensitive to changes in water prices, in that their relative change of surplus is larger.
It seems therefore that the epidemiology of rubella is more sensitive to differences in mixing patterns than mumps and measles.
Similarly, little work has been directed toward efforts to understand and apply culturally sensitive modes of intervention.
Another difference was that the context sensitive vowels and consonant items differed with respect to the constraining context.
However, our results show that serology, using a carefully defined cut-off, can be a highly sensitive technique for most of the course of infection.
There is, in fact, research evidence that error detection, developmental sequences, and negotiation of meaning may all be sensitive to social context.
Finally, the relatively impersonal nature of the interview process may discourage some older people from disclosing information about sensitive traumatic events.
This will allow, in turn, examination of the issue of whether the size results obtained are sensitive to spectral shape adopted under the null hypothesis.
In the developing countries infant mortality still remains a sensitive indicator of socioeconomic standards.
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Translations of sensitive
in Chinese (Traditional)
不快的, 神經過敏的, 易被冒犯的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
不快的, 神经过敏的, 易被冒犯的…
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susceptible, delicado, sensible…
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sensível, suscetível, delicado…
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हळवा, सहजपणे नाराज, गोंधळ किंवा राग येणारी व्यक्ती…
duyarlı, hassas, alıngan…
sensible, susceptible, délicat/-ate…
sensible, susceptible, delicat…
மக்கள் சொல்லும் அல்லது செய்யும் விஷயங்களால் எளிதில் வருத்தப்படுவது அல்லது மக்கள் வருத்தப்படுவது, சங்கடப்படுவது அல்லது கோபப்படுவது, ஒரு முக்கியமான பொருள்…
संवेदनशील, भावुक, (किसी विषय…
સંવેદનશીલ, લાગણીશીલ, સંવેદનશીલ (વિષય…
känslig, ömtålig, uttrycksfull…
sensitif, mudah tersinggung, yang peka…
empfindlich, sensibel, feinfühlig…
sensitiv, følsom, nærtagende…
حساس, ذود حِس, حساس نوعیت کے…
чутливий, сприйнятливий, вразливий…
чуткий, отзывчивый, уязвимый…
వ్యక్తులు చెప్పే లేదా చేసే పనుల వల్ల సులభంగా కలత చెందే, లేదా ప్రజలు కలత చెందడం, ఇబ్బంది పెట్టడం లేదా కోపం తెచ్చుకోవడానికి కారణమయే…
অনুভূতিপ্রবণ, সংবেদনশীল, সংবেদনশীল বিষয়…
peka, perasa, bercitarasa…
อ่อนไหว, เสียหายได้ง่าย, รู้สึกเจ็บปวดหรือโดนดูหมิ่นได้ง่าย…
nhạy cảm, dễ bị ảnh hưởng bởi cái gì, có sự thông cảm…
wrażliwy, drażliwy, czuły…
(기분을 헤아리는데) 섬세한, 세심한, 예민한…
sensibile, attento, suscettibile…
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