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SUSCEPTIBLE definition: 1. easily influenced or harmed by something: 2. used to describe someone who is easily emotionally…. Learn more.
susceptible. /səˈsɛptəbəl/ /səˈsɛptɪbəl/ IPA guide. Other forms: susceptibly. If you are susceptible to something such as infections or earaches, it means you are likely to become sick with these things. Have you ever received something you don't want?
1. : capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation. a theory susceptible to proof. 2. : open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency. susceptible to pneumonia. 3. : impressionable, responsive. a susceptible mind. susceptibleness noun. susceptibly. sə-ˈsep-tə-blē. adverb. Synonyms. endangered. exposed. liable.
Susceptible definition: admitting or capable of some specified treatment. See examples of SUSCEPTIBLE used in a sentence.
susceptible. adjective. /səˈseptəbl/. /səˈseptəbl/. [not usually before noun] susceptible (to something) very likely to be influenced, harmed or affected by something. He's highly susceptible to flattery. Some of these plants are more susceptible to frost damage than others.
If you are susceptible to something or someone, you are very likely to be influenced by them. Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements. [ + to] James was extremely susceptible to flattery. [ + to] He was, she believes, unusually susceptible to women.
1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible to various interpretations. 2. accessible, liable, or subject to some influence, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery. 3. capable of being affected emotionally.
