sense sensation sentience sentiency sensory faculty | the faculty through which the external world is apprehended, in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing |
sensation esthesis aesthesis sense experience sense impression sense datum | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation, a sensation of touch |
vision visual sensation | the perceptual experience of seeing, the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision, he had a visual sensation of intense light |
smell odor odour olfactory sensation olfactory perception | the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form, she loved the smell of roses |
taste taste sensation gustatory sensation taste perception gustatory perception | the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus, the candy left him with a bad taste, the melon had a delicious taste |
sound auditory sensation | the subjective sensation of hearing something, he strained to hear the faint sounds |
somesthesia somaesthesia somatesthesia somatic sensation | the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations, he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes |
tactual sensation tactility touch perception skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
touch touch sensation tactual sensation tactile sensation feeling | the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin, she likes the touch of silk on her skin, the surface had a greasy feeling |
cutaneous sensation haptic sensation skin sensation | a sensation localized on the skin |
pressure pressure sensation | the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin, the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal |
pain pain sensation painful sensation | a somatic sensation of acute discomfort, as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain |
sensation | a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest, anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear |
f ace adept champion sensation maven mavin virtuoso genius hotshot star superstar whiz whizz wizard wiza | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
sensation | a state of widespread public excitement and interest, the news caused a sensation |
re-created | created anew, this re-created literalness |