sensitive

hassas, duyarlı

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or emotions; easily hurt or offended.

• She's very sensitive to criticism.
• This instrument is sensitive to small changes in temperature.
• He has sensitive skin that burns easily.
• Modern seismographs are sensitive enough to detect underground nuclear tests from thousands of kilometers away.
• The negotiation required a sensitive approach because both parties had already invested considerable political capital in their positions.
• Archaeologists must use sensitive dating techniques to distinguish between artifacts from closely related historical periods.

Eş anlamlılar: responsive, delicate, susceptible, tender

Zıt anlamlılar: insensitive, thick-skinned, unresponsive

hassas, gizli

Requiring careful handling because of secrecy or potential controversy.

• This is sensitive information that must not be shared.
• Immigration is a sensitive political issue.

Eş anlamlılar: confidential, delicate, classified

Zıt anlamlılar: public, open