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# sensitive

«sensitive» in Mova's school dictionary: **easily hurt or upset by what others say or do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sensitive, more sensitive, most sensitive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sensitive means easily hurt or upset by what others say or do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#m1)

2) Sensitive also means understanding other people's feelings and being careful not to hurt them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#m2)

3) Easily affected or harmed by something, like sensitive skin or sensitive teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#m3)

4) Able to notice very small changes: a sensitive instrument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#m4)

5) Secret or private information that needs care. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and health: sensitive skin needs sun cream; sensitive teeth hurt with cold drinks. In feelings lessons: be sensitive to others. In science: sensitive scales measure tiny masses. Safety online: do not share sensitive information like passwords.

### examples

- He is sensitive about his height, so don't tease him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x1)
- She is a sensitive friend who notices when you are sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x2)
- I have sensitive skin, so I use special sun cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x3)
- Cold ice cream hurts my sensitive teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x4)
- Dogs have very sensitive noses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x5)
- This scale is sensitive enough to weigh a feather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x6)
- Never share sensitive information like passwords online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x7)
- No one but a true Princess could be so sensitive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/#x8)

### note

Followed by "to" (sensitive to light) or "about" (sensitive about his ears). Noun: sensitivity. False friend trap: "sensible" means having good sense, which is different.

### In the corpora

- [Sunglasses in the rain may be for sensitive eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/6/)
- [Seal whiskers are so sensitive that a blindfolded seal followed a fish's water trail that was more than 30 seconds old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals/17/)
- [Some farmers smear fences with chilli and grease or burn chilli bricks, because chilli stings elephants' sensitive trunks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/15/)
- [Walruses find clams on the dark seabed with hundreds of sensitive whiskers and suck them out of their shells.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth/5/)
- [A raccoon dipping food in water is feeling it, not washing it; water makes its paws even more sensitive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sensitive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.