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sensation

sensation

137 3.5
A feeling in your body from touch, pain, or heat
  • noun
  • /sɛnˈseɪʃən/
translation icon : 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
580 1.0

A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body

is the general ability to perceive physical inputs through sense organs
tingle
vssensation
26 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
sensitivity
vssensation
  • Specialized
15 4.2

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

focuses on actual felt sensations rather than the general responsiveness
sensibility
vssensation
8 6.6

Ability to feel physical things like touch or pain

is the plain physical feeling itself rather than the general faculty
sense of touch
vssensation
4 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
1 3.8

A feeling in the mouth when the tongue notices flavor

is broader, covering all physical feelings not only taste experiences
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
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
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
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
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
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
somatic sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
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
haptic sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
7.5

A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something

is the more general category of physical feeling via the 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
touch sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
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
skin sensation
vssensation
3.5

A feeling you have on the surface of the skin

applies more widely to physical feelings across all sense organs
cutaneous sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
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
gustatory sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
7.6

The sense of taste when chemicals from food touch your tongue

is the neutral, general idea of physical feeling across various senses
auditory sensation
vssensation
  • Specialized
6.8

A sound you notice with your hearing

is the more general sense of physical feeling beyond only auditory cases
painful sensation
vssensation
4.8

A sharp uncomfortable feeling in the body when something hurts

is the neutral term for any physical feeling, painful or not
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
sense experience
vssensation
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
sense impression
vssensation
6.5

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

is the broader label for physical feeling or the ability to feel

Idioms

To cause a lot of public interest and excitement

Compounds

taste sensation
  • Specialized
1 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

visual sensation
  • Specialized
1 4.3

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

cutaneous sensation
  • Specialized
6.0

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

auditory sensation
  • Specialized
6.8

A sound you notice with your hearing

gustatory sensation
  • Specialized
7.6

The sense of taste when chemicals from food touch your tongue

haptic sensation
  • Specialized
7.5

A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something

olfactory sensation
  • Specialized
6.9

A feeling you have when you smell something

A sharp uncomfortable feeling in the body when something hurts

pressure sensation
  • Specialized
4.0

A feeling on the skin when something pushes on it

A person or thing that becomes very famous very quickly

tactual sensation
  • Specialized
7.4

A feeling you get through your skin when you touch something

touch sensation
  • Specialized
3.9

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

A feeling you have on the surface of the skin

somatic sensation
  • Specialized
7.4

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

How Strong

agony
135 3.9
pain
1.0
ache
92 1.3
sensation
137 3.5
tingle
26 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.