Susceptibilities
[səseptə'bɪlɪtɪz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Susceptibility
Editor: Rhoda
Examples
- Their susceptibilities will clash against objects that remain innocently quiet. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My dear child, don't add to it still more--at least to your conception of it--by attributing to her all sorts of susceptibilities of your own. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Baffled--almost angry--he still clung to his fixed idea; my susceptibilities were pronounced marble--my face a mask. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Rhoda