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   susceptible

   /səˈsɛptɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing: "patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection" Similar open toreceptive tovulnerable todefenceless againstan easy target forrare:susceptive toliable toprone tosubject toinclined topredisposed todisposed togiven toeasily affected byin danger ofat risk ofat the mercy ofOpposite immuneresistant
   • ▪ (of a person) easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive: "they only do it to tease him—he's too susceptible" Similar impressionablecredulousgullibleinnocentingenuouseasily taken innaivedefencelessvulnerableeasily ledmanageableacquiescentadaptablepersuadabletractablesensitiveresponsivetenderthin-skinnedhighly strungemotionalOpposite scepticalstreetwise
   • 2. capable or admitting of: "the problem is not susceptible of a simple solution" Similar capable ofadmitting ofreceptive ofopen toresponsive toallowingpermittingrare:susceptive ofOpposite incapable ofnot open to

   Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin suscipere ‘take up, sustain’, from sub- ‘from below’ + capere ‘take’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. susceptibly adverb

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