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sensitive

sensitive

1 4.4
A person who is easily affected by others' feelings
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
translation icon : persona sensible
  • Many sensitives find it challenging to navigate crowded places because they pick up on the energy around them.

Examples

  • You know, you can tell he's a bit of a sensitive kind of person and there's a little bit of like kind of, I think something he's trying to prove with that character.

  • You know, you can tell he's a bit of a sensitive kind of person and there's a little bit of like kind of it's I think something he's trying to prove with that character.

  • That's their pain body and sometimes when you when you are sensitive towards other, you can feel energy fields.

  • The softest of hearts Man is the sensitive creature.

  • If the person you're thinking about is sensitive, they will pick up on your energetic signature and can think of you in return.

  • The criteria for highly sensitive personhood includes things like throughout their lives they have been called hypersensitive by other people.

  • In Talanne's case, it is only sensitives, other empaths.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She is a sensitive who always knows when her friends are feeling down.

  • Being a sensitive means you can easily understand and empathize with others' emotions.

Synonyms

empath
vssensitive
16 8.5

A person who feels other people's feelings very strongly

is affected by others' feelings easily but senses them less strongly
softie
vssensitive
  • Offensive
14 5.8

A person who shows strong feelings and is easily moved

is a neutral description of emotional responsiveness without negative judgment

Antonyms

124 4.6

Not showing care for other people's feelings or needs

3 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

Compounds

9.9

A small tropical plant with leaves that close when touched

Skin on the head that reacts easily to touch or hair products and feels sore, itchy

A tropical plant whose leaves fold when touched or at night

A plant with leaves that fold slightly when touched and grows in wet woods

A tropical plant whose small leaf parts close when touched

How Sensitive

touchy
33 4.9
sensitive
1 4.4
reserved
3.7
insensitive
124 4.6
unfeeling
14 5.9

Surface Forms

sensitive singular
sensitives plural

Etymology

Sensitive comes from the Latin sentire, meaning 'to feel', and is the same root as sense. A sensitive person is someone who feels moods and emotions easily, so they are quickly affected by what is around them.