sensitive — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.

   Esempi

   The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.

2. Responsive to stimuli.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.

3. Easily offended, upset, or hurt.

   Uso

   • of a person

   Esempi

   Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.

4. Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.

   Uso

   • usually
   • of an issue

   Esempi

   Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.

5. Meant to be concealed or kept secret.

   Esempi

   These are highly sensitive documents.

   Xeltan: I cannot speak more about this problem; it is too sensitive. Suffice it to say, she has compromised my authority as a diplomat.

6. Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.

   Esempi

   Thank you for being sensitive.

7. Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.

   Esempi

   The president's untimely statement disrupted some very sensitive negotiations.

8. Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.

   Uso

   • of an instrument

9. Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.

   Uso

   • arcaico

Sostantivo

1. A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   [I]t is quite certain that many of their fears were unfounded, and centred upon perfectly innocent people - especially those who were what we now call "mediumistic" or "sensitives".

   After all, Madame Rosita was a sensitive.

   Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.

Aggettivo

1. responsive to physical stimuli

   Contrari

   insensitive

   Esempi

   a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch

   a sensitive voltmeter

   Altri esempi (2)

   sensitive skin

   sensitive to light

2. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

   Contrari

   insensitive

   Esempi

   sensitive to the local community and its needs

3. able to feel or perceive

   Sinonimi

   sensible

   Esempi

   even amoeba are sensible creatures

   the more sensible parts of the skin

4. hurting

   Sinonimi

   sorerawtender

   Esempi

   the tender spot on his jaw

5. of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security

Sostantivo

1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

   Sinonimi

   mediumspiritualist

   Termini più generali

   psychic

   Esempi

   he consulted several mediums