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  • offended — of|fend|ed [əˈfendıd] adj someone who is offended is angry and upset by someone s behaviour or remarks feel/look/sound offended ▪ Stella was beginning to feel a little offended. ▪ I knew that Piers would be deeply offended . ▪ I get very offended …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sensitive — sen|si|tive W3S3 [ˈsensıtıv] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(understanding people)¦ 2¦(easily offended)¦ 3¦(easily affected)¦ 4¦(situation/subject)¦ 5¦(reacting to changes)¦ 6¦(art/music etc)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: sensitif, from… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sensitivity — sen|si|tiv|i|ty [ˌsensıˈtıvıti] n plural sensitivities ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(understanding people)¦ 2¦(situation/subject)¦ 3¦(body s reaction)¦ 4¦(easily offended)¦ 5 sensitivities 6¦(art/music etc)¦ 7¦(reaction to changes)¦ 8¦(reaction to new situations)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • offend — verb ADVERB ▪ deeply, gravely, greatly ▪ He knew that he had offended her deeply. ▪ mortally ▪ slightly ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • irritable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fretful, petulant, peevish, touchy, sensitive. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sensitive, irascible, touchy, testy, ill tempered, huffy, peevish, petulant, fractious, tense, high… …   English dictionary for students

  • sensitive — / sensifitIv/ adjective 1 UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE able to understand other people s feelings and problems: Underneath all that macho stuff, he s really a sensitive guy. (+ to): We must be sensitive to the community s needs. opposite insensitive 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… …   Universalium

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  • squeamish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. queasy, qualmish, nauseated; fearful, skittish, nervous; fastidious, picky; hypercritical. See unwillingness, taste.Ant., fearless, all consuming. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. finicky, fussy, mincing …   English dictionary for students

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