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Synonyms for sensibility

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sen-suh-bil-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛn səˈbɪl ɪ ti

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Définition of sensibility

Origin :
  • late 14c., "capability of being perceived by the senses; ability to sense or perceive," from Old French sensibilite, from Late Latin sensibilitatem (nominative sensibilitas), from sensibilis (see sensible). Rarely recorded until the emergence of the meaning "emotional consciousness, capacity for higher feelings or refined emotion" (1751). Related: Sensibilities.
  • noun responsiveness; ability to feel
Example sentences :
  • The value of candour in individuals should be measured by their sensibility to shame.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Nature has been too kind to you for your happiness, your delicacy, your sensibility.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • If a man is amiable, and if I have taste and sensibility, I must see and feel it.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The charm of sensibility he had told me was to him irresistible.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Alas it must be so—even were I to fly to him, my sensibility could not support the scene.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Now we know by sensibility, by understanding, and by reason.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • All the Middle-aged Ladies, wiping away the tear of sensibility.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 23, 1870 » by Various
  • Neither of them had natural tact, and Godwin's sensibility was morbid.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • I really did not—I wish I had seen such a pleasing proof of your sensibility.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • If she possessed any sensibility she must have felt some pain at thus.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans

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