- sensitiveness
- noun1. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)• Syn: ↑sensitivity• Derivationally related forms: ↑sensitive, ↑sensitive (for: ↑sensitivity)• Hypernyms: ↑feeling• Hyponyms: ↑oversensitiveness, ↑sensibility, ↑feelings• Attrubites: ↑sensitive, ↑insensitive2. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation-
sensitivity to pain
• Syn: ↑sensitivity, ↑sensibility• Derivationally related forms: ↑sensible (for: ↑sensibility), ↑sensitive, ↑sensitive (for: ↑sensitivity)• Topics: ↑physiology• Hypernyms: ↑sense, ↑sensation, ↑sentience, ↑sentiency, ↑sensory faculty• Hyponyms:↑acuteness, ↑hypersensitivity, ↑responsiveness, ↑reactivity, ↑exteroception, ↑interoception, ↑photosensitivity, ↑radiosensitivity3. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences-a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity
-the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
• Syn: ↑sensitivity• Derivationally related forms: ↑sensitive• Hypernyms: ↑physical property• Hyponyms: ↑frequency response• Attrubites: ↑sensitive, ↑insensitive4. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment• Syn: ↑sensitivity• Ant: ↑insensitiveness, ↑insensitivity (for: ↑sensitivity)• Derivationally related forms: ↑sensitive, ↑sensitive (for: ↑sensitivity)• Hypernyms: ↑ability• Hyponyms: ↑antenna, ↑feeler, ↑defensiveness, ↑perceptiveness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.