ultra-sensitive
adjective
(alsoultrasensitive)uk/ˌʌl.trəˈsen.sə.tɪv/us/ˌʌl.trəˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/ultra-sensitiveadjective(UPSET)
needingto behandledverycarefullyinordertoavoidupsettingpeople:
The showhandlesultrasensitiveissuessuch asracismanddomesticabusein athoughtfulway.
Myrelationshipwith mymotheris an ultra-sensitivetopicthat I'dprefernot totalkabout.
verylikelyto getupset:
It's noteasyto be awriterif you are ultra-sensitivetocriticism.
Becarefulhow youtellhim, because he's ultrasensitive.
- Thegovernmentdecidedtoexemptthe ultra-sensitiveissueoffarmsfromitsnewlandcode.
- We were bothpoets, and both so ultrasensitive; that's whyourrelationshipwasdifficult.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- obstinately
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- tricky
- tuff
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy
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Reacting and responding
ultra-sensitiveadjective(REACTING EASILY)
verylikelytoexperienceareactionor beaffectedorharmedby something:
Inpeoplewith thecondition,eyesbecomeultrasensitivetodrugsthatdilatethepupils.
I'm verycarefulabout whichcosmeticproductsI use as I have ultra-sensitiveskin.
abletonoticeorrecordveryslightchangesordetails:
Scientists havedevisedan ultrasensitiveMRItechniquethat candetectthespinof asingleelectron.
The ultrasensitiveseismographrecordsundergroundwavesofenergygeneratedbyearthquakes.
- Somespeciesofmarinelifeare ultra-sensitive toslighttemperaturechanges.
- Ultrasensitivetelescopesallowscientiststocaptureincrediblysharpimages.
Reacting and responding
- act onsomething
- backlash
- bat
- batsomethingback
- bite
- bite back (atsomeone/something)
- overreact
- overreaction
- pearl-clutching
- play it by earidiom
- press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
- reaction
- respond
- sensitive
- strike while the iron is hotidiom
- supersensitivity
- ticklish
- wake
- wake up!idiom
- whitelash
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