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Grep of noun sensitive sensitive fern sensitive pea sensitive plant sensitiveness wild sensitive plant Overview of adj sensitive The adj sensitive has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (13) sensitive -- (responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light") 2. (7) sensitive -- (having acute mental or emotional sensibility; "sensitive to the local community and its needs") 3. sensible, sensitive -- (able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin") 4. sensitive, sore, tender -- (hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw") 5. sensitive -- (used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security) Antonyms of adj sensitive 5 senses of sensitive Sense 1 sensitive (vs. insensitive) insensitive (vs. sensitive) => dead, deadened => desensitized, desensitised => unreactive, unresponsive Sense 2 sensitive (vs. insensitive) insensitive (vs. sensitive) => callous, thick-skinned, indurate, pachydermatous => dead(prenominal), numb(prenominal) => dull => insensible(prenominal), unaffected(prenominal) => soulless => unresponsive => desensitized, desensitised Sense 3 sensible (vs. insensible), sensitive Sense 4 sensitive, sore, tender INDIRECT (VIA painful) -> painless Sense 5 sensitive INDIRECT (VIA classified) -> unclassified Similarity of adj sensitive 5 senses of sensitive Sense 1 sensitive (vs. insensitive) => delicate => erogenous => excitable, irritable => highly sensitive => irritable => light-sensitive, photosensitive => nociceptive => reactive => radiosensitive Also See-> responsive#2; sensible#2, sensitive#3; susceptible#1 Sense 2 sensitive (vs. insensitive) => alive(prenominal) => huffy, thin-skinned, touchy => oversensitive => responsive Also See-> responsive#2 Sense 3 sensible (vs. insensible), sensitive Also See-> aware#1; conscious#2; sensitive#1 Sense 4 sensitive, sore, tender => painful (vs. painless) Sense 5 sensitive => classified (vs. unclassified) Attributes of adj sensitive 2 of 5 senses of sensitive Sense 1 sensitive (vs. insensitive) => sensitivity Sense 2 sensitive (vs. insensitive) => sensitivity, sensitiveness Familiarity of adj sensitive sensitive used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj sensitive highly sensitive hypersensitive insensitive light-sensitive nonsensitive oversensitive photosensitive radiosensitive sensitive supersensitive Overview of adj sensitive The adj sensitive has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (13) sensitive -- (responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light") 2. (7) sensitive -- (having acute mental or emotional sensibility; "sensitive to the local community and its needs") 3. sensible, sensitive -- (able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin") 4. sensitive, sore, tender -- (hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw") 5. sensitive -- (used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security)
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