III. WORDS RELATING TO MATTER

III. ORGANIC MATTER

2. Sensation; sensation in general

Physical Sensibility.

[Antonyms: physical insensibility.]

[Nouns] sensibility; sensitiveness; physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics; moral sensibility [more].

sensation, impression; conciousness (knowledge) [more].

external senses.

[Verbs] be sensible of ; feel, perceive.

render sensible; sharpen, cultivate, tutor.

cause sensation, impress; excite an impression, produce an impression.

[Adjectives] sensible, sensitive, sensuous; aesthetic, perceptive, sentient; conscious (aware) [more].

acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.

[Adverbs] to the quick.

[Phrases] "the touch'd needle trembles to the pole" [Pope].