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1 noun(physical or emotional) sensibilité f;∎ he's a man of great sensibility c'est un homme d'une grande sensibilité;∎ sensibility to pain sensibilité à la douleursensibilité f;∎ we must avoid offending our viewers' sensibilities nous devons éviter de heurter la sensibilité de nos spectateursUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > sensibility
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[sensi'biləti](an awareness of, or an ability to create, art, literature etc showing very high standards of beauty and good taste: a writer of great sensibility.) sensibilité -
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outrage ['aʊtreɪdʒ]1 noun∎ it's an outrage against public decency c'est un outrage aux bonnes mœurs;∎ it's an outrage against humanity/society c'est un affront à l'humanité/la société∎ it's an outrage that no one came to their aid c'est un scandale ou il est scandaleux que personne ne soit venu à leur secours(c) (indignation) indignation f(d) (brutal act) atrocité f, acte m de brutalité ou de violence;(b) (moral sensibility, feelings) outrager, faire outrage à -
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sense [sens]sens ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c), 1 (e), 1 (f) sensation ⇒ 1 (b) sentiment ⇒ 1 (b) notion ⇒ 1 (c) bon sens ⇒ 1 (d) sentir ⇒ 2 (a) raison ⇒ 31 noun∎ the five senses les cinq sens mpl;∎ to have a keen sense of smell/hearing avoir l'odorat fin/l'ouïe fine;∎ she seemed to have a sixth sense elle semblait posséder un sixième sens;∎ to be in possession of all one's senses jouir de toutes ses facultés;∎ to excite the senses exciter les sens∎ a sense of pleasure/warmth une sensation de plaisir/chaleur;∎ I felt a certain sense of pleasure j'ai ressenti un certain plaisir;∎ a sense of achievement/injustice un sentiment d'accomplissement/d'injustice;∎ to have a sense of belonging avoir le sentiment d'être intégré;∎ I felt a sense of shame je me suis senti honteux;∎ children need a sense of security les enfants ont besoin de se sentir en sécurité;∎ there's a new sense of foreboding in her writing ses écrits sont maintenant empreints d'un sentiment d'angoisse devant l'avenir∎ she seems to have lost all sense of reality elle semble avoir perdu le sens des réalités;∎ I lost all sense of time j'ai perdu toute notion de l'heure;∎ to have a (good) sense of direction avoir le sens de l'orientation;∎ figurative she lost her sense of direction when her husband died elle s'est sentie complètement désorientée après la mort de son mari;∎ he has a good sense of humour il a le sens de l'humour;∎ I try to teach them a sense of right and wrong j'essaie de leur inculquer la notion du bien et du mal;∎ she acted out of a sense of duty/of responsibility elle a agi par sens du devoir/des responsabilités;∎ they have no business sense at all ils n'ont aucun sens des affaires;∎ he has an overdeveloped sense of his own importance il est trop imbu de lui-même(d) (practical wisdom) bon sens m;∎ to show good sense faire preuve de bon sens;∎ there's a lot of sense in what she says il y beaucoup de bon sens dans ce qu'elle dit, ce qu'elle dit est tout à fait sensé;∎ to have the (good) sense to do sth avoir l'intelligence ou le bon sens de faire qch;∎ to have more sense than to do sth avoir assez de bon sens pour ne pas faire qch;∎ they didn't even have enough sense to telephone ils n'ont même pas eu l'idée de téléphoner(e) (reason, rational quality) sens m;∎ there's no sense in all of us going cela ne rime à rien d'y aller tous;∎ I can't see any sense or the sense in continuing this discussion je ne vois pas l'intérêt de continuer cette discussion;∎ to see sense entendre raison;∎ to talk sense dire des choses sensées;∎ oh, come on, talk sense! voyons, ne dis pas n'importe quoi!;∎ can you make (any) sense of this message? est-ce que vous arrivez à comprendre ce message?;∎ it makes no sense ça n'a pas de sens;∎ it makes/doesn't make sense to wait c'est une bonne idée/idiot d'attendre;∎ it makes more sense to do this first c'est plus logique de commencer par cela;∎ that makes good sense c'est logique, c'est une bonne idée;∎ it makes good political/business sense to… il est bon sur le plan politique/commercial de…∎ don't take what I say in its literal sense ne prenez pas ce que je dis au sens propre ou au pied de la lettre;∎ in every sense of the word dans tous les sens du terme;∎ in the normal sense (of the word) à proprement parler;∎ I got the general sense j'ai saisi le sens général;∎ I think we have, in a very real sense, grasped the problem je crois que nous avons parfaitement saisi le problème;∎ this is not in any real sense a change of policy ça ne représente pas du tout un changement de politique;∎ in a sense dans un sens;∎ in no sense en aucune manière;∎ in more senses than one dans tous les sens;∎ in the sense that… en ce sens que…, dans le sens où…∎ I sensed something was wrong j'ai senti que quelque chose n'allait pas;∎ I sensed as much c'est bien l'impression ou le sentiment que j'avais;∎ I sensed her meaning j'ai compris ce qu'elle voulait dire(sanity, reason) raison f;∎ to come to one's senses (become conscious) reprendre connaissance; (be reasonable) revenir à la raison;∎ to take leave of one's senses perdre la raison ou la tête;∎ to bring sb to his/her senses ramener qn à la raison►► sense organ organe m sensoriel ou des sens
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Sensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sensibility sensibility sensibleness sensitiveness Sgm: N 1 moral sensibility moral sensibility Sgm: N 1 impressibility impressibility affectibility Sgm: N 1 susceptibleness… … English dictionary for students
sensibility — [[t]se̱nsɪbɪ̱lɪti[/t]] sensibilities 1) N UNCOUNT: usu supp N Sensibility is the ability to experience deep feelings. Everything he writes demonstrates the depth of his sensibility. ...a man of sensibility. 2) N VAR: usu poss N Someone s… … English dictionary
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