sensibility meaning

UK /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/ US /ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ 5 syllables

sensibility (noun): mental responsiveness and awareness.

sensibility has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

sensibility as a noun

  1. mental responsiveness and awareness

    Synonyms: esthesia, aesthesia

    Opposite: insensibility

    Type of: consciousness

    Related forms: sensible

  2. refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
    • cruelty offended his sensibility

    Type of: sensitivity

    Kinds: insight, sensuousness

  3. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
    • sensitivity to pain

    Synonyms: sensitivity, sensitiveness

    Type of: sense

    Kinds: acuteness, hypersensitivity, responsiveness, exteroception, interoception, photosensitivity

    Related forms: sensible

How to pronounce sensibility

sensibility is pronounced /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/ in British English and /ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ in American English. It has 5 syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.

Words that rhyme with sensibility

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in TY · 11-letter words

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