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vibration

vibration

34 3.9
A feeling you get without thinking about a place, situation, or person
  • noun
  • /vaɪˈbreɪʃən/
  • Informal
translation icon : vibra
  • The living room hummed with vibrations of awe and uneasiness.

I think we have these, you know, vibrations that push us to greatness.

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Examples

  • The room's alive with positive vibrations.

  • That is what a high vibration feels like.

  • There is a good vibration here; come and touch it!

    Academic text (2003)
  • When you love yourself as you are, that vibration connects to other people.

  • And those good vibrations seem to have spread all the way through this arena.

  • The vibrations comfort me.

  • I could sense a positive vibration in the room as everyone shared their happy stories.

  • During the concert, the energetic vibration of the crowd made the atmosphere electric.

  • She felt a strange vibration from the old house, as if it held memories of the past.

Synonyms

sense
vsvibration
3.1

A general feeling about a situation

is focused on a sensed atmosphere rather than a general awareness
atmosphere
vsvibration
319 3.2

The mood or feeling in a place

is more about an instinctive personal feeling than broad character
vibe
vsvibration
  • Informal
200 6.4

A mood you feel from a place, person, or music

is a general instinctive feeling about places or people
feel
vsvibration
168 3.4

The general atmosphere of a place that people notice

is sensed instinctively rather than judged as an overall impression

Antonyms

38 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

1 6.5

Still water that does not move in pipes or lakes, causing poor quality

Compounds

sympathetic vibration
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Movement in one object caused by another object moving at the same rate

How Strong

vibration
  • Informal
34 3.9
atmosphere
319 3.2
aura
73 6.3
impression
777 3.1

Surface Forms

vibration singular
vibrations plural

Morphology

vibration = vibrate (semi-transparent) = vibrate + ion

The sense is a figurative extension from physical shaking to an atmospheric or felt 'vibe', so learners can often infer it but it's not strictly literal.

Etymology

Vibration also comes from the Latin vibrare 'to shake', and people used the idea of tiny shakes to talk about feelings. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to imagine a place or person giving off small energy you can sense, so vibration can mean the mood or 'vibe' you feel.