SENSITIVITY

n. 1 sensitiveness, delicacy, touchiness, over-sensitivity, hypersensitivity, supersensitivity; soreness, irritability The sensitivity of teenagers to criticism is well known to teachers and parents She complained of sensitivity and pain in the pelvic region. 2 compassion, concern, sympathy, tenderness, tender-heartedness, kind-heartedness, kindliness, warmth, feeling The nurses exhibit a genuine sensitivity for the problems of the handicapped 3 awareness, consciousness, acuteness, perception, understanding, intuition, feeling, sense, sensitivity, sensitiveness, receptivity or receptiveness, receptibility, appreciation, appreciativeness, susceptibility, susceptivity or susceptiveness Harvey has a keen sensitivity for the feelings of others Sometimes I think the duke lacks the sensitivity needed to sympathize with the needy.