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sensibilities

Syllables: sen·si·bil·i·ties/ˌsɛn(t)sɪˈbɪlɪtiːz/US/ˌsɛn(t)səˈbɪlətiz/

sensibilities noun: capabilities to have emotions; feelings. Also the plural of sensibility.

Noun

sensibilities pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Capabilities to have emotions; feelings.
    • Though she gave the impression of fineness she was in reality so determined that any sensibilities she possessed were held in the vice of her will.1939, Ngaio Marsh, “Six Parts and Seven Actors”, in Overture to Death, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, published May 1984, →ISBN, page 26
  2. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Feelings of gratitude.
  3. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Intuitive reactions; instincts.

Also used as

sensibilities is also the plural of sensibility.

sensibilities meaning in Telugu

sensibilities in Telugu

సెన్సిబిలిటీస్

Origin of sensibilities

From sensibility + -es (suffix forming pluralia tantum; and regular plural forms of nouns).

Words that rhyme with sensibilities

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Questions about sensibilities

What does sensibilities mean?
Sensibilities means capabilities to have emotions; feelings.
What is sensibilities in Telugu?
Sensibilities in Telugu is సెన్సిబిలిటీస్. See Sensibilities meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is sensibilities?
Sensibilities is a noun.
How do you pronounce sensibilities?
Sensibilities is pronounced /ˌsɛn(t)sɪˈbɪlɪtiːz/ (UK).

Words near sensibilities in the dictionary

  1. senseth
  2. Sensex
  3. senshuraku
  4. sensi
  5. sensibilia
  6. sensibilities
  7. sensibility
  8. sensibilization
  9. sensibilizations
  10. sensibilize
  11. sensibilized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sensibilities (page history and authors); sensibilities (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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