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sensory

sensory

54 3.8
Relating to what you notice with sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɛn.sə.ri/
translation icon : sensorial
  • We have sensory issues at times, loud noises.
  • a sensory experience
  • sensory input
  • sensory organs

It kind of sends this into emotional and sensory overload kind of like this.

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Examples

  • We spent a number of minilessons focusing on the use of sensory details to describe a scene.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Their main sensory cue is smell.

  • And that has an effect on your sensory experience.

  • And I think that is another sensory experience.

  • You can use the sensory brush next time.

  • You know, from deep emotions, subtle thoughts, beautiful sensory experiences.

  • So it could begin with sensory perceptions.

  • I need more sensory input, that's all.

  • He does have enhanced sensory abilities, yeah.

  • The artist aimed to create a sensory experience that would immerse the audience in the colors and sounds of nature.

Synonyms

perceptual
vssensory
  • Specialized
13 6.9

About noticing things with your eyes, ears, or other senses

is about direct physical sensation rather than the perceiving process
sensorial
vssensory
1 7.4

Describes things that relate to the senses, like sight or touch

is about signals received or transmitted through the senses
perceptional
vssensory
7.7

Relating to how someone notices things using the senses

is about direct physical sensation rather than the perceiving process

Compounds

6 7.9

A situation in which people on purpose remove almost all sight, sound, or touch from someone

sensory aphasia
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Able to speak easily but say words that do not make sense and cannot understand speech or writing

sensory receptor
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A body part that senses touch, light, or sound and sends signals to the brain

sensory system
  • Specialized
1 3.8

Body parts and nerves that get and use messages from sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch

sensory nerve
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A long thin part that sends feelings from the skin to the brain and spinal cord

Online videos and streams made to cause the pleasant tingling feeling and help people relax

A pleasant tingling on the scalp that moves down the neck and spine and makes you feel very relaxed

An inherited nerve disease that causes gradual weakness and loss of feeling in the hands and lower legs

An ability to see, hear, or feel the world

sensory fiber
  • Specialized
5.5

A thin nerve that sends messages about touch, pain, or temperature to the brain

A long stiff hair near an animal's nose or eyes that senses nearby movement

sensory hair
  • Specialized
6.1

A thin artificial hair on robots or artificial hands that senses touch, air movement and vibration

An activity that helps people use and notice their senses, like touch or smell

sensory epilepsy
  • Specialized
7.4

A condition where seizures begin with feelings like numbness or tingling

sensory neuron
  • Specialized
4.5

A nerve cell that sends signals from the body to the brain or spinal cord

7.4

The body system that senses touch, temperature, pain, and feelings from inside the body

How Sensory

sensuous
16 6.1
sensory
54 3.8
nonsensuous
  • Formal
9.3
intellectual
380 5.5

Surface Forms

sensory positive

Morphology

sensory = sense (transparent) = sense + ory

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ory' to the noun 'sense' and means 'relating to the senses', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Sensory comes from the Latin sentire, which means 'to feel'. It is the same root as the English word sense, so sensory describes things that come from or affect our senses, like sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing.