| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section III. Organic Matter | | 2. Sensation |
| 1. Sensation in general |
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| 375. Physical Sensibility. |
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| NOUN: | SENSIBILITY; sensitiveness &c. adj.; physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, susceptibility, æsthetics or esthetics; moral sensibility [See Sensibility].
SENSATION, impression; consciousness (knowledge) [See Knowledge].
external senses.
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| VERB: | BE SENSIBLE OF &c. adj.; feel, perceive; feel -keenly, - exquisitely.
RENDER SENSIBLE &c. adj.; sharpen, refine, excite, stir, cultivate, tutor.
IMPRESS, cause sensation; excite -, produce- an impression.
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| ADJECTIVE: | SENSIBLE, sensitive, sensuous; æsthetic or esthetic, perceptive, sentient; conscious (aware) [See Knowledge]; alive, alive to impressions, answering quickly to, impressionable, responsive, easily affected, quick in response.
ACUTE, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.
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| ADVERB: | TO THE QUICK; on the raw [slang].
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| QUOTATION: | The touch’d needle trembles to the pole.—Pope |
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