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

  • (..) To find out about the good Catholic life? I have to follow every lead, however unlikely... ...however fucking painful it might be to your delicate fucking sensibilities. Who told you I had delicate sensibilities? - I just don't like it. Don't feel right. - I have reason to believe... (..)
    2006 The Departed