sensibility

Definition

  • noun: the kinds of feelings that you have when you hear, see, read, or think about something
  • noun: ability to receive 'sensations'
  • often used in plural
  • synonyms: feeling, susceptibility, taste

Examples

  • This movie appeals to people with a feminist 'sensibility'. [=this movie appeals to feminists]

  • The writer is remembered most for his 'sensibility'.

  • She's a woman of poetic/artistic 'sensibility'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Do you always enjoy shocking people, Uncle Frank? Honey... I didn't know you were so easily shocked, Randy. I admire your sensibilities, I'm touched. Dad, remember the time you persuaded Frank to go to the kennel? What about it? He almost put the seeing eye dog business (..)
    1992 Scent of a Woman