Definitions for sensation

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sensation sen·sa·tion

Spelling: [sen-sey-shuh n]

IPA: /sɛnˈseɪ ʃən/

Sensation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 469 anagrams from letters in sensation (aeinnosst).

Definitions for sensation

noun

1. the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
2. a mental condition or physical feeling resulting from stimulation of a sense organ or from internal bodily change, as cold or pain.
3. Physiology. the faculty of perception of stimuli.
4. a general feeling not directly attributable to any given stimulus, as discomfort, anxiety, or doubt.
5. a mental feeling, especially a state of excited feeling.
6. a state of excited feeling or interest caused among a number of persons or throughout a community, as by some rumor or occurrence.
7. a cause of such feeling or interest:

Origin of sensation

1605-15; Medieval Latin sēnsātiōn- (stem of sēnsātiō), equivalent to Late Latin sēnsāt(us) sensate + -iōn- -ion

Examples for sensation

There was no time barren enough of sensation to reason about it.

And the undercurrent of suppressed excitement, the sensation of Her!

There was no acid in the bucket, just water mixed with some cleansers, which gave the sensation of burning.

He marveled dully over the sensation—it was wholly new to him.

John had a sensation of self-consciousness when he heard the word "wife."

The lure and addiction of gaming—which went back to pinball, of course—became a sensation with Asteroids.

One of the most painful and confusing paradoxes of life today concerns our sensation of scarcity amid plenty.

Q: What was your sensation when they were pouring water... what did you physically feel?

“The sensation these objects presented receded as their cost increased,” notes Rabinowitz.

Cardinal Newman wrote: "Gladstone's book, as you see, is making a sensation."