sensitive

B1 · Intermediate

adj. getting hurt or offended very easily by what people say or do.

adj. easily hurt or offended; having a low threshold for emotional distress or criticism.

日本語:繊細※

“Don't be so sensitive; I was only joking about your new haircut.”

“She has always been sensitive about her height, so it is best to avoid making even casual comments on the subject.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Formal

adj. needing to be kept secret because it could cause trouble if others see it.

adj. requiring tact or secrecy to avoid embarrassment or security risks.

“The company asked her to sign a paper before showing her sensitive financial documents.”

“The leak of sensitive diplomatic cables caused a significant strain on international relations for several months.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Science Technical

adj. able to measure very small changes.

adj. capable of registering very small quantities or slight changes in a physical property.

Español:sensible

“The laboratory uses a sensitive scale that can weigh a single hair.”

“The seismograph is sensitive enough to detect tectonic shifts occurring thousands of miles away from the station.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Literary

n. a person who claims to be able to feel or see spirits or ghosts.

n. a person supposedly endowed with psychic or paranormal powers of perception.

“The old stories say a sensitive was called to the house to talk to the ghost.”

“In nineteenth-century literature, the sensitive was often depicted as a fragile individual capable of communing with the spirit world.”