sensations
What nerves report
Sensations are feelings or perceptions arising from physical stimuli—the sensation of cold water, the sensation of falling.
The word extends to emotional or psychological feelings: a sensation of dread.
A sensation is also something that causes widespread excitement or interest: The video became an overnight sensation.
Someone who achieves sudden fame is likewise a sensation.
Perceiving through physical contact
- painBodily or emotional distress
- warmthHeat you feel
- coldLow temperature state
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
pressure · itch · numbness · burning · stinging · soreness · throbbing · prickling
Intense positive emotion
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- fearEmotional response to threat
- loveIntense fond attachment
- angerIntense hostile emotion
surprise · guilt · shame · contentment · disgust · euphoria · melancholy · anxiety
Visual perception faculty
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- smellOlfactory perception
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
visual · auditory · olfactory · gustatory · tactile · hearing · aroma · flavor
Unproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
inkling · feeling · vibe · impression · suspicion · presentiment · unease · anticipation
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
tingle · pressure · itch · numbness · burning · stinging · soreness · throbbing · prickling · ache
joy
Intense positive emotion
anger · surprise · guilt · shame · contentment · disgust · euphoria · melancholy · anxiety · empathy
sight
Visual perception faculty
touch · visual · auditory · olfactory · gustatory · tactile · hearing · aroma · flavor · brightness
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
foreboding · inkling · feeling · vibe · impression · suspicion · presentiment · unease · anticipation · awareness
- inner lifeidentity, feelings, memory, thoughts, self-discovery
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- trendstrends, trend, fad, craze, rage
- Intangible feelingsfeelings, emotions, moods, sentiments, longing
- showstoppersshowstopper, showstoppers, knockout, knockouts, stunner
- viralsmemes, videos, tweets, posts, TikToks
sensationsnumbness
Loss of sensation
insensibility · anesthesia · deadness · unfeeling · paralysis
sensationsnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
unknowns · non-events · nonentities · mediocrities · obscurities
sensationsthoughts
Mental reflections
cognitions · ideas · concepts · abstractions · reasoning
- burning sensationPainful heat-like feeling
- cramping sensationInvoluntary muscle tightening pain
- overnight sensationRapid rise to fame
- cooling sensationPerception of lowered temperature
- viral sensationRapidly spreading online content
- tingling sensationPrickling nerve awareness