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sensitiveness

[sen-si-tiv-nis]
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noun
  1. the state or quality of being sensitive.

Origin of sensitiveness

First recorded in 1820–30; sensitive + -ness

Synonyms for sensitiveness

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See sensibility.
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Related Words for sensitiveness

emotion, impression, consciousness, sentiment, susceptibility, sensitivity, thought, tingle, passion, sense, sensibility, feeling, response, awareness, vibes, nervousness, subtlety, receptiveness, delicacy, sensation

Examples from the Web for sensitiveness

Historical Examples of sensitiveness

  • Do not let us spoil a great opportunity because of our sensitiveness as authors.

    Casanova's Homecoming

    Arthur Schnitzler

  • He has not sufficient finesse and sensitiveness to sympathize with the mob.

    Alarms and Discursions

    G. K. Chesterton

  • He continued to play, but the Puritan sensitiveness had taken hold of him.

    Bunyan

    James Anthony Froude

  • If he is slightly abnormal it is only in his sensitiveness to his position.

    Notes on My Books

    Joseph Conrad

  • He disapproved of the doctor's sensitiveness about that far-off episode of his life.