sensitiveness
Tendency toward reaction
Sensitiveness is the quality of being sensitive—responsive to stimuli, easily affected, or quick to take offense.
The word functions as a noun form of sensitive, though sensitivity is far more common in modern usage.
Sensitiveness appears mainly in older texts or when a slightly formal or literary tone is intended: His sensitiveness to criticism made collaboration difficult.
Sharing another's emotions
- feelingsEmotional responses experienced internally
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- touchinessReadiness to feel slighted
- sensibilityRefined emotional responsiveness
impressionability · moodiness · temperament · thin-skinned · excitability · emotionalism · affectivity · tender-heartedness
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
discernment · acuity · recognition · mindfulness · perceptiveness · intuition · observance · vigilance
Liability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
- fragilityEase of breaking
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
rawness · soreness · delicateness · weakness · openness · proneness · predisposition · liability
Fine distinction, easily missed
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- refinementElegance of manner
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
tactfulness · discretion · diplomacy · consideration · gentleness · carefulness · thoughtfulness · judiciousness
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- feelingsEmotional responses experienced internally
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- touchinessReadiness to feel slighted
sensibility · impressionability · moodiness · temperament · thin-skinned · excitability · emotionalism · affectivity · tender-heartedness · oversensitivity
perception
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
attunement · discernment · acuity · recognition · mindfulness · perceptiveness · intuition · observance · vigilance · heedfulness
susceptibility
Liability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
- fragilityEase of breaking
tenderness · rawness · soreness · delicateness · weakness · openness · proneness · predisposition · liability · risk
subtlety
Fine distinction, easily missed
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- refinementElegance of manner
precision · tactfulness · discretion · diplomacy · consideration · gentleness · carefulness · thoughtfulness · judiciousness · circumspection
sensitivenessinsensitivity
Lack of emotional awareness
insensitiveness · callousness · hardness · coldness · indifference
sensitivenessnumbness
Loss of sensation
insensibility · anesthesia · deadness · desensitization · unresponsiveness
sensitivenessinsensitivity
Lack of emotional awareness
indifference · callousness · unconcern · disregard · inconsiderateness
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