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sensation at Le Th‚ƒtre de la Verdure in Nice.
sensational
adj. 1 exciting, stimulating, electrifying, galvanizing,
shocking, hair-raising, spine-tingling, thrilling, stirring,
breathtaking, amazing, astonishing, astounding, staggering,
mind-boggling, unbelievable, incredible, spectacular, Slang
mind-blowing: They certainly put on a sensational show - the
best I have ever seen. 2 lurid, vivid, overdone, overdrawn,
extreme, melodramatic, exaggerated, dramatic, extravagant: The
weekly I worked for insisted that each issue's first page carry
a sensational story - whether it was true or not. 3 (very) good,
great, marvellous, wonderful, superior, superb, matchless,
peerless, unequalled, nonpareil, extraordinary, terrific,
phenomenal, splendid, fabulous, fantastic, stupendous, Colloq
super, smashing, Slang far-out: Suzanne Peters's performance
was sensational in Carmen .
sense n. 1 faculty: It's not always easy to tell if Brown's senses
are all functioning. 2 common sense, intelligence, perception,
quick-wittedness, quickness, (mother) wit, judgement, reason,
wisdom, sagacity, discrimination, discernment; sanity, Colloq
brains, Slang Brit nous: Fancy doing something like that! - she
hasn't the sense she was born with! 3 See sensation, 1, above.
4 meaning, intelligibility, coherence, head or tail, drift,
gist, import, purport, nuance, significance, message, substance:
I was unable to get any sense out of what she was saying. Yes, I
wasn't able to make sense out of it either. 5 sentiment,
atmosphere, impression, intuition, sensation: I had a sense of
being de trop - that I was not wanted.
--v. 6 feel, perceive, detect, divine, intuit, have a hunch or
feeling, have or get or be under the impression that, suspect,
Colloq have a funny feeling that, feel (something) in one's
bones, pick up: I sensed a certain antagonism in that last
remark. I sensed that he was getting bored with me.
senseless adj. 1 insensible, unconscious, (knocked) out (cold), stunned,
insensate, comatose: Agatha's head hit the fire-grate and she
was borne senseless to her room. 2 numb(ed), insensate,
unfeeling, benumbed, unfeeling, insensible, anaesthetized, dead,
deadened, insentient: My feet are senseless from the cold. 3
pointless, purposeless, ridiculous, ludicrous, unintelligent,