Definitions for susceptible

susceptible sus·cep·ti·ble

Spelling: [suh-sep-tuh-buh l]
IPA: /səˈsɛp tə bəl/

Susceptible is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 755 anagrams from letters in susceptible (bceeilpsstu).

Definitions for susceptible

adjective

  1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment:
  2. accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc.:
  3. capable of being affected emotionally; impressionable.

Origin of susceptible

1595-1605; Late Latin susceptibilis, equivalent to suscept(us), past participle of suscipere to take up, support (sus- sus- + -cep-, combining form of capere to take,

Examples for susceptible

It must be that Mr Verloc was susceptible to these fascinations.

Of these, 2.5 million are under the age of five and most susceptible to childhood diseases.

A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.

The concept of a more secure identifier was relatively novel then, and susceptible to fear mongering.

The F-35 is susceptible to detection by radars operating in the VHF bands of the spectrum.

You could not have come to look like this if you had been at all susceptible.

Just as with people, antibiotics kill off all the susceptible bacteria, leaving only drug-resistant bacteria.

You are susceptible, imaginative; do not demand too much, or dream too fondly.

Once I had decided I needed to know how susceptible I was to the date-rape drug of choice, GHB.

It was, indeed, just the spot to captivate a youthful and susceptible fancy.

Word Value for susceptible
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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