sensitiveness
- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sɪ.tɪv.nəs/
- Specialized
:
sensibilidad
- The work develops practices that are not particularly doctrinaire because the author possesses a fine-drawn understanding that doctrinaire cults destroy sensitiveness.
Examples
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He was overcome by a feeling of inexpressible shame; his boyish sensitiveness was wounded beyond endurance.
Blog text (14) -
So if you combine those two things and sensitiveness, Oh my God.
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Apart from exquisite pain, the foot was also "very tender... as though... in hot water," and showed "extreme sensitiveness so that he was unable to put any covering upon it."
Academic text (2001) -
And then there is the sensitiveness of the man I most remember, gentle, gentle Eric Dolphy, his expressiveness.
Fiction book (1993) -
It is easy to say that, of course, this should be the attitude of all true interpreters; in fact, it requires most unusual qualities of sensitiveness and understanding if the result is not to be a merely negative lack of personality.
Academic text (2001) -
His sensitiveness to criticism often made him avoid social gatherings altogether.
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The teacher's sensitiveness to her students' feelings helped create a supportive classroom environment.
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She admired his artistic sensitiveness, as it allowed him to express emotions vividly through his work.
Synonyms
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3.9
Being able to notice and respond to your own and other people's feelings
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6.7
A strong ability to notice delicate emotional or artistic details
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7.1
A state of being easily affected or harmed by something
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7.0
A very strong reaction to food, touch, or criticism
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5.8
A tendency to react too strongly to criticism or small problems
Being easily influenced by other people's feelings or ideas
A kind feeling that makes you easily feel sorry for people in need
A kind, gentle feeling that makes you feel sorry for others and want to help them
Careful, gentle way of dealing with people or difficult situations
Being easily affected or influenced by something
A tendency to feel hurt or upset very easily by words and events
A state of very strong reaction to physical or emotional things
A strong, often overwhelming sensitivity to feelings, sounds, or events
Antonyms
How Sensitive
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2.7
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3.2
- Specialized
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4.6
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7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sensitiveness comes from the old Latin word sentire, which means 'to feel', and it is the same root as the everyday word sense. So, sensitiveness here means being easily moved by emotions or caring about other people's feelings.