Dubious and Sensitive

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Dubious adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.

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Sensitive and dubious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sensitive" instead an adjective "Dubious".

Nearby Words: dubiety, dubiousness, dubiously

Sensitive adjective - Able to sense slight impressions or differences.

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Dubious and sensitive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dubious" instead an adjective "Sensitive".

Suntan Stencil: One of the pieces of dubious advice Strong Bad gives for breaching a sensitive topic to a colleague is to have it written on "your brother's giant, square, billboard-sized back" using a "reverse sunburn".

Source: Web Animation / Homestar Runner
Come to think of it, the protagonist, Hei, could also count as one of these, given the emphasis in the final episode of the first season on how he pretends to be the amoral, badass Black Reaper, but is actually a sensitive guy who is haunted by all of the killing and dubious acts he has to do.

Source: Noble Demon

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