palpable
readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
capable of being touched or felt; tangible.
Medicine/Medical. perceptible by palpation.
Origin of palpable
1Other words for palpable
Opposites for palpable
Other words from palpable
- pal·pa·bil·i·ty, pal·pa·ble·ness, noun
- pal·pa·bly, adverb
- non·pal·pa·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·pal·pa·ble, adjective
- non·pal·pa·bly, adverb
- un·pal·pa·ble, adjective
- un·pal·pa·bly, adverb
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How to use palpable in a sentence
The joy of togetherness was the thing that was most missed by our students over the past months, and when the signal arrived that the vaccine was working, the yearning to gather once again was palpable.
A musical postcard to MIT graduates | Frederick Harris Jr. | August 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn our rise-and-grind era, her palpable ambition has come to read as an admirable commitment to the hustle.
The Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck recoupling is the greatest gossip story we’ve had in years | Constance Grady | August 24, 2021 | VoxThe path the city has taken on public safety over the past two decades has been something palpable in her life, shaping it at every turn — and shattering it during the pandemic.
What Philadelphia Reveals About America’s Homicide Surge | by Alec MacGillis, photography by Hannah Price/Magnum Photos, special to ProPublica | July 30, 2021 | ProPublicaThe frustration and outrage I and everyone else feels are palpable.
Opinion | Blame Mayor Bowser for violence epidemic? | Peter Rosenstein | July 28, 2021 | Washington BladeThat’s not to say people won’t be attending Cannes, but the excitement is more palpable for in-person business meetings, according to agency execs and industry observers.
No matter what Hitchcock said, what he did was to photograph our fears and make palpable the invisible.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fear was palpable, yet it was no longer the citizens but the regime that was afraid.
These are palpable, identifiable matters that are ingrained into the very fabric of The Babadook.
‘The Babadook’ Is the Best (and Most Sincere) Horror Movie of the Year | Samuel Fragoso | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable.
But three hours from the construction site, the war between oil and conservation is palpable.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo | Nina Strochlic | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch action is a palpable fraud which the law recognizes and for which the guilty ones must answer.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThis would be a palpable fraud and a court would, if requested, order the reconveyance of the land and return of the money.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesMany stories are told of insuring ships after learning of their loss; such conduct is a palpable fraud.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe enjoyment of it by them is a palpable evidence that obligation rests upon them.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamWith all these palpable facts in view, let us enquire into the origin of the book which has produced such results.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. Ward
British Dictionary definitions for palpable
/ (ˈpælpəbəl) /
(usually prenominal) easily perceived by the senses or the mind; obvious: the excuse was a palpable lie
capable of being touched; tangible
med capable of being discerned by the sense of touch: a palpable tumour
Origin of palpable
1Derived forms of palpable
- palpability or palpableness, noun
- palpably, adverb
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