Insecure
Insecure adjective - Not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched.
Sensitive and insecure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sensitive" instead an adjective "Insecure".
Nearby Words: insecurity, insecurely
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- awkward and insecure
- awkward and sensitive
- exposed and insecure
- exposed and sensitive
- open and insecure
- open and sensitive
- difficult and insecure
- difficult and sensitive
- nervous and insecure
- nervous and sensitive
- touchy and insecure
- touchy and sensitive
- precarious and insecure
- precarious and sensitive
Both words in one sentence
- Despite being fiendishly brainy (quite literally - pretty much his entire head is made up of brain), he's extremely sensitive and insecure, and Freakazoid was once able to defeat him with nothing more than some harsh verbal criticism of his scheme.
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He's an arrogant, eccentric self-proclaimed villain who thinks he's the center of the universe and she's a sensitive, insecure and modest Nice Girl.
Source: Opposites Attract -
Another possibility is that the situation is too sensitive to discuss over a possibly insecure line of communication.
Cite this Source
Sensitive and Insecure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/insecure/sensitive
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