sensation
- sensation
noun
1 feeling
ADJECTIVE
▪ bodily, physical, tactile
▪ delicious, pleasant, pleasurable, wonderful
▪ painful, unpleasant
▪ intense, overwhelming, strong
▪ curious (esp. BrE), eerie, odd, peculiar, strange, weird
▪ I had a strange sensation in my leg.
▪ familiar
▪ burning, choking, prickling, stinging, tingling
▪ cold
▪ hot, warm
▪ sinking
▪ She felt a sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach.
▪ pain, taste
▪ For a special taste sensation, try our gourmet coffee.
VERB + SENSATION
▪ experience, feel, have
▪ He felt a tingling sensation down his side.
▪ I had the eerie sensation that I was not alone.
▪ She had no sensation in her hands.
▪ lose
▪ produce
▪ enjoy
▪ Most people enjoy the sensation of eating.
▪ describe
▪ Rossi described the sensation of plunging downhill at 130 mph.
SENSATION + VERB
▪ come back
▪ come over sb, fill sth, spread
▪ A strange sensation came over her.
▪ A warm tingling sensation spread to her fingers.
▪ A wonderful sensation filled his body.
▪ overwhelm
▪ He was overwhelmed by a sensation of fear.
PREPOSITION
▪ sensation in
▪ Lisa felt a burning sensation in her eyes.
▪ sensation of
▪ the sensation of sand between your toes
▪ the sensation of being watched
2 great excitement, etc.; person that causes this
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ overnight
▪ international
▪ literary, media, pop (esp. BrE), singing, tennis, etc.
▪ The series became a media sensation in the early 1950s.
▪ The young singer is hoping to become America's newest media sensation.
▪ rookie (AmE), teen, teenage (esp. BrE)
▪ Golf's latest teen sensation is 14-year-old Michael Woo.
▪ Teenage boxing sensation Amir Khan returned to Britain a hero.
VERB + SENSATION
▪ cause, create
▪ The movie caused a sensation among critics.
▪ become
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