sensitive
English
/ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
adj
Definitions
- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- Responsive to stimuli.
- (of a person) Easily offended, upset or hurt.
- (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
- Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
- (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
- (archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French sensitif derived from Latin sensitivus.
Origin
Latin
sensitivus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barosensitive English
- chemoradiosensitive English
- chemosensitive English
- chemosensitivity English
- chemosensitize English
- cold English
- cold-sensitive English
- corticosensitivity English
- cryosensitive English
- cryosensitivity English
- desensitize English
- ecosensitive English
- electrohypersensitive English
- electrosensitive English
- electrosensitivity English
- gravisensitivity English
- hemosensitive English
- hemosensitivity English
- hydrosensitive English
- hypersensitive English
- hypersensitively English
- hypersensitiveness English
- hypersensitivity English
- hypersensitize English
- hyposensitive English
- hyposensitivity English
- immunosensitive English
- immunosensitivity English
- insensitive English
- insensitively English
- insensitiveness English
- insensitivity English
- light English
- light-sensitive English
- magnetosensitive English
- magnetosensitivity English
- mechanoinsensitive English
- mechanosensitive English
- mechanosensitivity English
- metabosensitive English
- meteosensitivity English
- morphosensitive English
- nonhypersensitive English
- nonphotosensitive English
- nonsensitive English
- nonsensitiveness English
- osmosensitive English
- osmosensitivity English
- oversensitive English
- oversensitiveness English
- oversensitivity English
- oxidosensitivity English
- pansensitive English
- pansensitivity English
- pharmacosensitive English
- phosphosensitive English
- phosphosensitivity English
- photoinsensitive English
- photosensitive English
- photosensitively English
- photosensitiveness English
- photosensitivity English
- photosensitize English
- piezosensitive English
- polysensitize English
- presensitize English
- pseudohypersensitive English
- psychrosensitive English
- psychrosensitivity English
- radioinsensitive English
- radiosensitive English
- radiosensitiveness English
- radiosensitivity English
- radiosensitize English
- resensitize English
- sensitively English
- sensitiveness English
- sensitivity English
- sensitizable English
- sensitization English
- sensitize English
- sensitizer English
- serosensitive English
- somatosensitive English
- subsensitive English
- subsensitivity English
- supersensitive English
- supersensitively English
- supersensitiveness English
- supersensitivity English
- thermosensitive English
- thermosensitively English
- thermosensitivity English
- triplosensitive English
- triplosensitivity English
- ultrasensitive English
- ultrasensitively English
- ultrasensitivity English
- undersensitive English
- undersensitivity English
- unsensitive English
- unsensitively English
- unsensitiveness English
- unsensitivity English
- viscerosensitive English
- sensitivus Latin
- sēnsitīvus Latin
- sensitiv German
- sensitivo Spanish, Castilian
- sensitiv Norwegian Bokmål
- sensitiv Norwegian Nynorsk
- sensitib Cebuano
- sensitibo Cebuano
- sensitif Middle French
- cold
- light
- sensitize
- sensitizer
- desensitize
- sensitivity
- resensitize
- insensitive
- unsensitive
- sensitively
- ecosensitive
- nonsensitive
- pansensitive
- subsensitive
- presensitize
- sensitizable
- unsensitively
- oversensitive
- osmosensitive
- hemosensitive
- polysensitize
- serosensitive
- insensitively
- hyposensitive
- insensitivity
- cryosensitive
- barosensitive
- unsensitivity
- sensitization
- sensitiveness
- piezosensitive
- cold-sensitive
- pansensitivity
- subsensitivity
- photosensitive
- photosensitize
- hydrosensitive
- radiosensitize
- hypersensitize
- hypersensitive
- supersensitive
- chemosensitive
- undersensitive
- ultrasensitive
- chemosensitize
- radiosensitive
- immunosensitive
- hemosensitivity
- morphosensitive
- metabosensitive
- cryosensitivity
- light-sensitive
- hyposensitivity
- somatosensitive
- triplosensitive
- unsensitiveness
- osmosensitivity
- insensitiveness
- oversensitivity
- thermosensitive
- nonsensitiveness
- hypersensitivity
- photosensitivity
- meteosensitivity
- oxidosensitivity
- psychrosensitive
- radioinsensitive
- supersensitively
- chemosensitivity
- gravisensitivity
- photoinsensitive
- undersensitivity
- radiosensitivity
- supersensitivity
- photosensitively
- ultrasensitively
- electrosensitive
- mechanosensitive
- hypersensitively
- ultrasensitivity
- magnetosensitive
- phosphosensitive
- viscerosensitive
- nonphotosensitive
- thermosensitively
- thermosensitivity
- immunosensitivity
- nonhypersensitive
- pharmacosensitive
- oversensitiveness
- triplosensitivity
- photosensitiveness
- radiosensitiveness
- psychrosensitivity
- electrosensitivity
- mechanosensitivity
- phosphosensitivity
- corticosensitivity
- mechanoinsensitive
- magnetosensitivity
- supersensitiveness
- hypersensitiveness
- chemoradiosensitive
- pseudohypersensitive
- electrohypersensitive