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 →

2) Sensitive also means understanding other people's feelings and being careful not to hurt them. tree →

3) Easily affected or harmed by something, like sensitive skin or sensitive teeth. tree →

4) Able to notice very small changes: a sensitive instrument. tree →

5) Secret or private information that needs care. tree →

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 →
• She is a sensitive friend who notices when you are sad. tree →
• I have sensitive skin, so I use special sun cream. tree →
• Cold ice cream hurts my sensitive teeth. tree →
• Dogs have very sensitive noses. tree →
• This scale is sensitive enough to weigh a feather. tree →
• Never share sensitive information like passwords online. tree →
• No one but a true Princess could be so sensitive. tree →

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.
• Seal whiskers are so sensitive that a blindfolded seal followed a fish's water trail that was more than 30 seconds old.
• Some farmers smear fences with chilli and grease or burn chilli bricks, because chilli stings elephants' sensitive trunks.
• Walruses find clams on the dark seabed with hundreds of sensitive whiskers and suck them out of their shells.
• A raccoon dipping food in water is feeling it, not washing it; water makes its paws even more sensitive.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sensitive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.