Sensation - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |senˈseɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word sensation
Brit.  |senˈseɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word sensation

noun

- an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
a sensation of touch
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field (syn: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard)
- a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear
- a state of widespread public excitement and interest
the news caused a sensation
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended (syn: sense, sentience)

Extra examples

I experienced a stinging sensation in my arm.

She felt a burning sensation in her throat.

She craved new experiences and sensations.

She had the strange sensation that someone was watching her.

I couldn't quite shake the sensation that I'd been fooled.

Her injury left her with no sensation in her legs.

Jerry realized with alarm that he had no sensation in his legs.

The medicine produced a burning sensation on my tongue.

She felt a prickling sensation in her shoulder.

The paralysis must have been due to an abolition of sensation.

She felt a piercing sensation in her arm.

Graham felt a tingling sensation in his hand.

Word forms

noun
singular: sensation
plural: sensations
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