Sensitive and Terrible

Sensitive

Sensitive adjective - Able to sense slight impressions or differences.

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

Terrible

Terrible adjective - Causing fear.

Sensitive and terrible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sensitive" instead an adjective "Terrible".

Nearby Words: terribly, terrify, terror

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The Equalizer He is a ruthless and pragmatic man, a killer many times over — but also a sensitive and honourable man, whose humanity has somehow survived years of terrible disillusionment.
  • Film / Bad Teacher Amy crushes on him, he's a (terrible) musician (only when he tries to write original songs), wears glasses, likes books, and he's sensitive.
  • Godzilla Threshold In the sequel, problems with Faster-Than-Light Travel cause a Force-sensitive Siren to believe the line has been crossed because trans-dimensional gateways will let in an Alien Invasion so terrible killing everyone is justified to stop the use of these dangerous drives.
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