Dictionary entries for 'sensation'

Synonyms

sen·sa·tion (sĕn-sā́shən)

[French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sēnsātiō, sēnsātiōn-, from Late Latin sēnsātus, gifted with sense; see sensate.]

noun

1. A perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition: the sensation of heat; a visual sensation.
2. The faculty to feel or perceive; physical sensibility: The patient has very little sensation left in the right leg.
3. An indefinite generalized body feeling: a sensation of lightness.
A state of heightened interest or emotion: “The anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhat between bliss and fear” (James Weldon Johnson)
1. A state of intense public interest and excitement: “The purser made a sensation as sailors like to do, by predicting a storm” (Evelyn Waugh)
2. A cause of such interest and excitement. See synonyms at wonder