sensibility

Definition von sensibility im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The ability to sense, feel or perceive; especially to be sensitive to the feelings of another; An acute awareness or feeling; power to perceive or feel; The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; - - often used in the plural; {n} quickness of sensation; Experience of sensation; actual feeling; The quality of being sensible; the ability to experience and understand feelings and emotions; Sensibility is the ability to experience deep feelings. Everything he writes demonstrates the depth of his sensibility; (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; "sensitivity to pain"; Someone's sensibility is their tendency to be influenced or offended by things. The challenge offended their sensibilities; The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive; mental responsiveness and awareness refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility; refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility"; mental responsiveness and awareness; {i} ability to perceive, ability to sense; perceptiveness, keenness of perception; sensitivity, capacity for emotional response; appreciation, capacity of refined distinction; That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer
Sense and Sensibility: a book by Jane Austen about two sisters, Elinor, who is a very sensible person, and Marianne, who is a very romantic and emotional person, and the difficulties they face in finding suitable husbands (1811)
sensible: Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason
They ask questions of someone who thinks he's got something sensible to say on some matter when actually he hasn't.
sensible: Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something
sensible: Perceptible by the senses
It has been vouchsafed, for example, to very few Christian believers to have had a sensible vision of their Saviour.
sensible: {a} wise, judicious, convinced, bodily, perceptible by the senses, easily moved
sensibilities: Someones feelings or emotions
sensibilities: Plural of sensibility
sensible: That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible
sensible: Sensible shoes or clothes are practical and strong rather than fashionable and attractive. Wear loose clothing and sensible footwear. + sensibly sen·sibly They were not sensibly dressed
sensible: Characterized more by usefulness or practicality than by fashionableness, especially of clothing
sensible: Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory
sensible: acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
sensible: Easily perceived; appreciable
sensible: Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; heat; sensible resistance
sensible: Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer
sensible: {s} rational, reasonable; wise, judicious; cognizant, aware; able to be perceived; perceptive, able to perceive; considerable, appreciable
sensible: Sensible actions or decisions are good because they are based on reasons rather than emotions. It might be sensible to get a solicitor The sensible thing is to leave them alone. sensible advice. + sensibly sen·sibly He sensibly decided to lie low for a while
sensible: able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills concealed by shrouding mists") }arts of the skin"
sensible: acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man
sensible: readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor"
sensible: Sensation; sensibility
sensible: showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
sensible: aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor"
sensible: Able to feel or perceive
sensible: Perceptible by the mind or senses
sensible: That which has sensibility; a sensitive being
sensible: Sensible people behave in a sensible way. She was a sensible girl and did not panic Oh come on, let's be sensible about this
sensible: Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible
sensible: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a sensible manager"; "a wise decision"
sensible: proceeding from good sense or judgment; "a sensible choice"
sensible: Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil
sensible: Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded
sensible: Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise