General Sensitivity:
* Delicate: Suggests fragility and ease of being hurt.
* Susceptible: Means easily affected by something.
* Responsive: Shows a quick reaction to something.
* Impressionable: Easily influenced by others.
* Vulnerable: Open to being hurt or harmed.
* Tender: Indicates a gentle, caring nature.
Emotional Sensitivity:
* Empathetic: Able to understand and share the feelings of others.
* Compassionate: Feeling sympathy and concern for others.
* Sympathetic: Expressing understanding and concern.
* Feeling: Having strong emotions and experiencing them easily.
* Emotional: Easily moved by emotions.
Physical Sensitivity:
* Painful: Causing or feeling physical pain.
* Tender: Sore or painful to the touch.
* Irritable: Easily irritated by external stimuli.
* Prone: Likely to experience something negative, like allergies or pain.
Specific Situations:
* Discreet: Careful about what is said or done.
* Tactful: Having the ability to avoid saying or doing anything that might upset someone.
* Diplomatic: Skillful in dealing with people.
* Perceptive: Having a good understanding of people and situations.
* Intuitive: Having a strong sense of what is right or wrong.
Negative Connotations:
* Oversensitive: Excessively sensitive, easily offended.
* Thin-skinned: Easily hurt or offended.
* Hypersensitive: Extremely sensitive, often to a point of being unreasonable.
The best synonym to use will depend on the specific context and the meaning you want to convey.