SENSATION

n. 1 feeling, sense, impression, perception, foreboding, presentiment, prescience, awareness, suspicion, Colloq sneaking suspicion, funny feeling, hunch I had the distinct sensation of having been there before 2 commotion, stir, thrill, furore or US furor; excitement The news of the wedding caused a sensation 3 hit, coup de théâtre, success, Colloq show-stopper, crowd-puller, crowd-pleaser Edith Piaf was a sensation at Le Théâtre de la Verdure in Nice