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sensation

sensation

155 3.5
A feeling in your body from touch, pain, or heat
  • noun
  • /sɛnˈseɪʃən/
: sensación
  • And then I start to feel a burning sensation on my face.
  • physical sensation
  • sensation of pain
  • burning sensation

So then that triggers more fear, more bodily sensations and you're continuing.

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Examples

  • Can you allow that sensation to anchor your attention?

  • You take that sensation of, of suffering.

  • Uh, I felt a burning sensation on my hands, put my hands up to my face...

  • Well, I wake up to this new sensation in my left big toe.

  • But that was a very strange sensation that I've never had.

  • You know that tickling sensation you get when you fall?

  • Standing thus, moving only his head, he let the sensations of the place wash over him.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • We experience things as physical sensations, as emotions and as thoughts.

  • Life is feeling things, having sensations, emotions and reacting to them.

  • I felt a sharp pain, a strange sensation that I had never experienced before.

Synonyms

feeling
vssensation
126 1.0

A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body

is the general ability to perceive physical inputs through sense organs
sensitivity
vssensation
  • Specialized
33 4.2

The body's ability to feel things like touch or light

focuses on actual felt sensations rather than the general responsiveness
tingle
vssensation
23 3.3

A small prickly feeling on the skin often caused by excitement or cold

is the broader category of physical feelings rather than a specific prickling feeling
sense of touch
vssensation
5 3.0

The ability to feel things through the skin

is the general experience of physical feeling rather than the detecting faculty
taste sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
2 3.8

A feeling in the mouth when the tongue notices flavor

is broader, covering all physical feelings not only taste experiences
sense experience
vssensation
2 5.6

A simple feeling you get from touch, sight, hearing, taste or smell

is the general physical feeling term including both raw and interpreted sensations
sensibility
vssensation
2 6.6

Ability to feel physical things like touch or pain

is the plain physical feeling itself rather than the general faculty
pain sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A feeling of hurt in the body caused by injury or illness

covers physical feeling generally, not only unpleasant or harmful sensations
tactile sensation
vssensation
1 4.9

The feeling you get when your skin is touched or pressed

covers physical feelings across all senses not only pressure or contact
sense datum
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A simple immediate experience from seeing, hearing, or touching before the mind interprets it

is the general notion of physical feeling including both raw and processed experiences
perceptual experience
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 7.2

An experience you get through your senses, like seeing or feeling something

is the simpler physical feeling concept rather than the broader cognitive experience
painful sensation
vssensation
1 4.8

A sharp uncomfortable feeling in the body when something hurts

is the neutral term for any physical feeling, painful or not
visual sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A feeling you have when your eyes see something, like bright spots

is the general physical feeling or ability that includes vision but is not limited to it
touch sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A feeling on the skin when something presses or rests on it

is the wider term for any bodily feeling or sensing ability
sense impression
vssensation
1 6.5

A quick feeling from sight, sound, touch, taste or smell

is the broader label for physical feeling or the ability to feel
skin sensation
vssensation
1 3.5

A feeling you have on the surface of the skin

applies more widely to physical feelings across all sense organs
auditory sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A sound you notice with your hearing

is the more general sense of physical feeling beyond only auditory cases
somatic sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A feeling in your body that tells you about touch or where your arms and legs are

is the broader term for any physical feeling or sensing ability
cutaneous sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A feeling on the skin, for example touch, heat, or pain

is the general label for physical feeling or the ability to feel
haptic sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something

is the more general category of physical feeling via the senses
gustatory sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
1 7.6

The sense of taste when chemicals from food touch your tongue

is the neutral, general idea of physical feeling across various senses
somesthesia
vssensation
  • Specialized
9.9

The sense of feeling touch, temperature, pain, and body position

refers more generally to physical feeling or the ability to feel through senses
tactual sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
7.4

A feeling you get through your skin when you touch something

is broader, covering physical feeling beyond only touch based perceptions
esthesis
vssensation
  • Specialized
9.9

A simple feeling from one of your senses, for example touch or hearing

is the everyday physical feeling or the general ability to feel sensations

Idioms

To cause a lot of public interest and excitement

Compounds

taste sensation
  • Specialized
2 3.8

A feeling in the mouth when the tongue notices flavor

viral sensation
  • Texting
1 3.8

A thing that many people see and share online very quickly

pain sensation
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A feeling of hurt in the body caused by injury or illness

The feeling you get when your skin is touched or pressed

A sharp uncomfortable feeling in the body when something hurts

visual sensation
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A feeling you have when your eyes see something, like bright spots

touch sensation
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A feeling on the skin when something presses or rests on it

pressure sensation
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A feeling on the skin when something pushes on it

A feeling you have on the surface of the skin

A person or thing that becomes very famous very quickly

auditory sensation
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A sound you notice with your hearing

olfactory sensation
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A feeling you have when you smell something

somatic sensation
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A feeling in your body that tells you about touch or where your arms and legs are

cutaneous sensation
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A feeling on the skin, for example touch, heat, or pain

haptic sensation
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something

gustatory sensation
  • Specialized
1 7.6

The sense of taste when chemicals from food touch your tongue

tactual sensation
  • Specialized
7.4

A feeling you get through your skin when you touch something

How Strong

agony
139 3.9
pain
∞ 1.0
ache
86 1.3
sensation
155 3.5
tingle
23 3.3
numbness
19 4.6

Surface Forms

sensation singular
sensations plural

Morphology

sensation = sense (semi-transparent) = sense + ation

The word is built from 'sense' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ation', but the historical stem shape and the exact meaning are not fully predictable for a learner.

Etymology

Sensation comes from the Latin sentire, which means 'to feel', and shares the same root as the English word sense, so a physical sensation is simply a 'feeling' your body notices.