Word Meaning

Meaning of sensitive

- Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
- Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
- Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
- Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.
- Serving to affect the sense; sensible.
- Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.

Crossword clue for sensitive

- Delicate
- Easily affected, etc
- Tender