Adj. | 1. | sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" Antonyms: insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation" |
2. | sensitive - having acute mental or emotional sensibility; "sensitive to the local community and its needs" Antonyms: insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients" | |
3. | sensitive - able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills concealed by shrouding mists") }arts of the skin" Synonyms: sensible | |
4. | sensitive - hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" | |
5. | sensitive - used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security |