sensibility
capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
mental susceptibility or responsiveness; quickness and acuteness of apprehension or feeling.
keen consciousness or appreciation.
sensibilities, emotional capacities.
Sometimes sensibilities. liability to feel hurt or offended; sensitive feelings.
Often sensibilities. capacity for intellectual and aesthetic distinctions, feelings, tastes, etc.: a man of refined sensibilities.
the property, as in plants or instruments, of being readily affected by external influences.
Origin of sensibility
1synonym study For sensibility
Other words for sensibility
Other words from sensibility
- hy·per·sen·si·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·sen·si·bil·i·ty, noun, plural non·sen·si·bil·i·ties.
- un·sen·si·bil·i·ty, noun, plural un·sen·si·bil·i·ties.
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British Dictionary definitions for sensibility
/ (ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) /
the ability to perceive or feel
(often plural) the capacity for responding to emotion, impression, etc
(often plural) the capacity for responding to aesthetic stimuli
mental responsiveness; discernment; awareness
(usually plural) emotional or moral feelings: cruelty offends most people's sensibilities
the condition of a plant of being susceptible to external influences, esp attack by parasites
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