Nouns (0)
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (12)
highly, with much respect
adv. "He spoke highly of her"
highly, in a high position
adv. "She was placed highly in her class"
greatly, extremely, drastically, highly
adv. in a drastic manner
dear, highly, dearly, at great cost
adv. at a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear"
Adjectives (11)
sensitive
adj. of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
sensitive
adj. responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
sensitive
adj. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
tender, sore, hurting, sensitive
adj. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
feeling, sentient, sensitive, sensate
adj. having physical sensation; "sensate creatures"
Fuzzynyms (58)
allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitized, supersensitive, supersensitized
adj. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
vulnerable
adj. susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge"
impressionable
adj. easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"
open, open to, assailable, undefendable, undefended
adj. not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack"
open, exposed
adj. with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound"
sympathetic
adj. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"
sensitive
adj. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
tender
adj. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
warm
adj. psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; "a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support"
light, gentle, soft
adj. exerting little force or pressure: "the light touch of her fingers"; "a soft rain"; "a gentle breeze"
fine, excellent
adj. of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"
fine
adj. of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
fine
adj. free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
emotional
adj. of or pertaining to emotion; "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"
sympathetic
adj. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"
sensitive
adj. responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
tender
adj. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
warm
adj. psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; "a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support"
empathic, empathetic
adj. showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states; "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor"
gentle, compassionate
adj. (tender)
humane
adj. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering
good, benevolent
adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
kindly, sympathetic
adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
tender
adj. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
thorny, delicate, ticklish
adj. difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
kind, compassionate, merciful
adj. characterized by mercy, and compassion: "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge"
excessively, overly, too, to an excessive degree
adv. to an excessive degree; "too big"
inordinately, extraordinarily
adv. extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate"
unduly
adv. to an undue degree; "she was unduly pessimistic about her future"
passing, extremely, exceedingly, amain
adv. to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"
Synonyms (34)
eyes-only
adj. official classification for documents; meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed
confidential
adj. the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
restricted
adj. the lowest level of official classification for documents
secret
adj. the next to highest level of official classification for documents
top-secret
adj. the highest official level of classification of documents
responsive
adj. readily reacting to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience"
sensible
adj. able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
susceptible
adj. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"
responsive
adj. readily reacting to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience"
aching, achy
adj. causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"
grievous, distressful, distressing, afflictive
adj. causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
agonized
adj. expressing pain or agony; "agonized screams"
arduous
adj. difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"
burning, smarting, stinging
adj. (painful)
raw, chafed, galled
adj. painful from having the skin abraded
poignant
adj. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"
racking, wrenching
adj. causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"
saddle-sore
adj. (of a rider) sore after riding a horse
traumatic
adj. psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";
Antonyms (17)
insensitive
adj. not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
insensible
adj. incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
numb, unfeeling, benumbed, insensitive
adj. lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
insensitive
adj. deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
insensible
adj. incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
numb, unfeeling, benumbed, insensitive
adj. lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
insensible
adj. incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
numb, unfeeling, benumbed, insensitive
adj. lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
highly sensitive
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