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Sensitive

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Similar meaning 22

Alive 84% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Alive 84% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Classified 84% connected

of Classify

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Classified 84% connected

of Classify

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Delicate 84% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

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Delicate 84% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

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Excitable 84% connected

Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

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Excitable 84% connected

Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

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Huffy 84% connected

Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

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Huffy 84% connected

Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

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Irritable 84% connected

Capable of being irriated.

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Irritable 84% connected

Capable of being irriated.

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Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Reactive 84% connected

Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.

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Reactive 84% connected

Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.

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Responsive 84% connected

That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

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Responsive 84% connected

That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

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Thin-skinned 84% connected

Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

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Thin-skinned 84% connected

Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

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Touchy 84% connected

Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.

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Touchy 84% connected

Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.

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Broader term 1

Psychic 76% connected

Alt. of Psychical

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Derivationally related 14

Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sensibility 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.

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Sensibility 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.

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Sensitivity 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Sensitivity 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Smell 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Smell 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Spiritualism 74% connected

The quality or state of being spiritual.

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Spiritualism 74% connected

The quality or state of being spiritual.

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Tenderness 74% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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Tenderness 74% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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See also 12

Aware 66% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Aware 66% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Cognizant 66% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Cognizant 66% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Conscious 66% connected

Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

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Conscious 66% connected

Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

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Responsive 66% connected

That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

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Responsive 66% connected

That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

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Sensible 66% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Sensible 66% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Susceptible 66% connected

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteratio…

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Susceptible 66% connected

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteratio…

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Attribute 2

Sensitivity 66% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Sensitivity 66% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Synonym 6

Medium 92% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Raw 92% connected

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

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Sensible 92% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Sore 92% connected

Reddish brown; sorrel.

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Spiritualist 92% connected

One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.

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Tender 92% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Antonym 2

Insensitive 94% connected

Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.

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Insensitive 94% connected

Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility.

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