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Another word for sensation

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Noun

  1. The capacity for or an act of responding to a stimulus

    See also:

    awareness

  2. A condition of intense public interest or excitement

    See also:

    excite

  3. One that evokes great surprise and admiration

    Idioms:
    See also:

    good

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for sensation

Noun

  1. The sense of feeling

    See also:

    thought

    emotion

    Antonyms:

  2. A feeling

    See also:

    feeling

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Sentence Examples

  • The sensation was almost physical.

  • She shuddered as the distant sensation of burning returned.

  • I have had the same strange sensation even in the heart of the city.

  • She didn't exactly understand the sensation except that she didn't ever want that feeling to end.

  • The sudden sensation of falling made him clutch the door frame.

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