Frail and Sensitive

Frail

Frail adjective - Easily injured without careful handling.
Usage example: be careful with your grandmother, as she's very frail and a fall would be disastrous

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

Nearby Words: frailty, frailness

Sensitive

Sensitive adjective - Easily injured without careful handling.
Usage example: the sensitive skin of a newborn mouse

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

Both words in one sentence

  • Fragile Flower In a filler episode in the Ranma ½ anime, Ranma himself becomes a caricature/parody when he hits his head and becomes extremely frail and sensitive.
  • Series / Kamen Rider Amazons Jin/Alpha is a tough and confident adult while Haruka/Omega is a frail and sensitive teenager.
  • Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy Jojen is a frail, sensitive and psychic boy, and Meera a physically-inclined girl who protects him.
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