susceptible (redirected from susceptibly)

sus·cep·ti·ble  (s-spt-bl)

adj.

1. Easily influenced or affected: "She suddenly was too susceptible to her past" Jimmy Breslin.

2. Likely to be affected: susceptible to colds.

3. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable.

4. Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing: a statement susceptible of proof; a disease susceptible to treatment.

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[Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere, to receive : sub-, from below; see sub- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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sus·cepti·ble·ness n.

sus·cepti·bly adv.

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susceptible

Adjective

1. susceptible to

a. giving in easily to: susceptible to political pressure

b. vulnerable to (a disease or injury): susceptible to pneumonia

2. easily affected emotionally; impressionable [Late Latin susceptibilis]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" unprotected - lacking protection or defense sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" vulnerable - susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge" insusceptible, unsusceptible - not susceptible to
	2.	susceptible - easily impressed emotionally impressible, impressionable, waxy - easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind"

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susceptible

adjective 1. responsive, sensitive, receptive, alive to, impressionable, easily moved, suggestible << OPPOSITE unresponsive

adjective 2. (usually with to) liable, inclined, prone, given, open, subject, vulnerable, disposed, predisposed << OPPOSITE resistant

Translations

susceptible [səˈsɛptəbl] adj (= easily influenced) → influenciable (= to disease, illness): susceptible to → propenso a

susceptible [səˈsɛptəbl] adj susceptible (to) → sensible (à) [+ disease]; prédisposé(e) (à)

susceptible [səˈsɛptəbl] adj susceptible (to) → anfällig (für);

(influenced by) → empfänglich (für)

susceptible [səˈsɛptəbl] adj susceptible (to) → sensibile (a) [+ disease]; predisposto/a (a)