susceptibilitynoun
uk/səˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/səˌsep.təˈbɪl.ə.i/[ U ] the fact that someone or something can easily be influenced, harmed, or infected
susceptibilities [ plural ]
the feelings someone has that are likely to be hurt:
I didn't mean to offend/upset/hurt your susceptibilities.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- ebb
- faint
- impotent
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- underbelly
- unprotected
- unsteady
- vulnerable
- wraith
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