sensation

A feeling in your body, such as warmth, pain, or light touches.

• I felt a burning sensation.
• The cold water gave her a strange sensation.
• Have you had any unusual sensations in your legs?

How to use it: a sensation of something (I felt a sensation of warmth in my hands.); a sensation in something (There was a tingling sensation in my foot.)

Similar words: feeling

Common phrases: burning sensation, tingling sensation, sensation of warmth, sensation of cold

Great interest or excitement shared by many people about something new or surprising.

• The news caused a sensation.
• Her first performance created a sensation across the country.
• Nobody expected such a sensation over a short video.

Similar words: stir, excitement, commotion

Common phrases: cause a sensation, create a sensation, quite a sensation

The process by which your eyes, ears, or other sense organs respond to something.

• Sensation begins when a sense organ responds.
• The researchers studied visual sensation in low light.
• This chapter explains the difference between sensation and perception.

Similar words: sensing

Common phrases: visual sensation, auditory sensation, sensation and perception