SENSITIVE

adj. 1 delicate, tender, sore, susceptible My arm is still sensitive where I got the injection 2 touchy, susceptible, susceptive, reactive, responsive, attuned, impressionable, emotional, thin-skinned, vulnerable, supersensitive, hypersensitive, testy, irascible, quarrelsome, irritable, volatile, excitable, temperamental, petulant, hot-tempered, quick-tempered Liz is very sensitive on the subject of being unmarried, and I shouldn't bring it up 3 finely tuned, delicate, responsive, subtle, acute, reactive, receptive We need a more sensitive test to detect neutrinos This radio is not sensitive enough to receive distant stations.