sensitivitynoun
uk/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/also sensitiveness,sensitivity noun (KINDNESS)
C1 [ C or U ] an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind to them:
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Sympathy & compassion
- a good listener idiom
- a shoulder to cry on idiom
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- better luck next time idiom
- cloud
- feel for sb
- fellow feeling
- go out to sb
- hard luck! idiom
- hard/tough cheese! idiom
- pity
- poor
- relate
- relate to sb
- sad
- sensitive
- shoulder
- solace
- understanding
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sensitivity noun (UPSETTING)
C1 [ U or C usually pl ] the quality of being easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry:
[ U ] the fact of a situation, subject, etc. needing to be dealt with carefully in order to avoid upsetting people:
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Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- fractious
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- peppery
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- touchy
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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sensitivity noun (REACTING EASILY)
[ U or C ] having a strong physical reaction to something:
[ U ] the ability to record small changes in weight, temperature, etc.:
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Reacting and responding
- backlash
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- chain reaction
- counteract
- greet
- knob
- react
- reactive
- recoil
- reflexive
- reflexively
- respond
- response
- responsive
- rise
- sensitive
- strike
- wake (sb) up
- worm
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