Palpable
adjective
Can be touched or felt.
Her fear was almost palpable.
Often appears as...
- almost palpable
- palpable relief
adjective
Very obvious and noticeable.
There was a palpable sense of excitement in the room.
Often appears as...
- palpable sense
- palpable excitement
adjective
Able to be measured.
There's been a palpable improvement in air quality since the factory closed.
Often appears as...
- palpable improvement
- palpable change
adjective
Can be touched or felt.
Her fear was almost palpable.
Often appears as...
- almost palpable
- palpable relief
adjective
Very obvious and noticeable.
There was a palpable sense of excitement in the room.
Often appears as...
- palpable sense
- palpable excitement
adjective
Able to be measured.
There's been a palpable improvement in air quality since the factory closed.
Often appears as...
- palpable improvement
- palpable change
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Sensation
Use 'palpable' for things that physically can be felt, like textures or a physical force.
The palpable roughness of the sandpaper grated on his skin.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Intensity
'Palpable' often describes emotions so strong, you feel like you can physically sense them.
The palpable sadness in the room made everyone quiet.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Sensation
Use 'palpable' for things that physically can be felt, like textures or a physical force.
The palpable roughness of the sandpaper grated on his skin.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Intensity
'Palpable' often describes emotions so strong, you feel like you can physically sense them.
The palpable sadness in the room made everyone quiet.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Sensation
Use 'palpable' for things that physically can be felt, like textures or a physical force.
The palpable roughness of the sandpaper grated on his skin.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Intensity
'Palpable' often describes emotions so strong, you feel like you can physically sense them.
The palpable sadness in the room made everyone quiet.
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Jessica Jackley:...
the people that know them best and that love them and want to support them, to gather them to make this happen. So that's what I'm working on now. And to close, I just want to say, look these are tools. Right now, Profounder's right at the very beginning, and it's very palpable; it's very clear to me, that it's just a vessel, it's just a tool.
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Beth Noveck: Demand a...
Can you imagine, in the bureaucratic world of yesteryear, getting anything done in a four-month period of time? You can barely fill out the forms in that amount of time, let alone generate real, palpable innovations that improve people's lives. And I want to be clear to mention that this open government
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Rare 1920s Footage:...
history and culture is not a monolith and in a way it became kind of like a marketing tool to encourage individuals to migrate to move there that this is a place where you can live you can thrive and peacefully reside there were still palpable racial tensions there are
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Demand a more...
announced in the competition can you imagine in the bureaucratic world of yesteryear getting anything done in a four-month period of time you can barely fill out the forms in that amount of time let alone generate real palpable innovations that improve people's lives
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Edward Burtynsky:...
And as much as there are great things around the corner -- and it's palpable in this room -- of all of the things that are just about to break that can solve so many problems, I'm really hoping that those things will spread around the world
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The US is addicted to...
before incarceration begins. The energy in the room when you gave your talk was palpable, and it ended up getting you quite a bit of funding from the Audacious Project, which is TED's initiative to get some of these big ideas support
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Alison Wright: Portraits...
and she threw herself into the ocean to kill herself and that's you know when I put the cameras down and I threw my body on her and she I held her down until someone came and helped her but you know just that the loss the palpable
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Holly Morris: Why stay...
Home is a transient concept. I have a deeper connection to my laptop than any bit of soil. So it's hard for us to understand, but home is the entire cosmos of the rural babushka, and connection to the land is palpable.
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Behind the Scenes of...
what's inside the tension is palpable is it dry pink Sonia that's good that means the tube he'll don't know this is gonna be the most exciting part I mean we've never had this perspective of what life
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How fire shapes...
much later would the paradox has become palpable that in many cases setting aside land to shield it from fire only created permanent abodes for fire and that the effort to suppress all fire
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Jessica Jackley:...
the people that know them best and that love them and want to support them, to gather them to make this happen. So that's what I'm working on now. And to close, I just want to say, look these are tools. Right now, Profounder's right at the very beginning, and it's very palpable; it's very clear to me, that it's just a vessel, it's just a tool.
Video examples
Beth Noveck: Demand a...
Can you imagine, in the bureaucratic world of yesteryear, getting anything done in a four-month period of time? You can barely fill out the forms in that amount of time, let alone generate real, palpable innovations that improve people's lives. And I want to be clear to mention that this open government
Video examples
Rare 1920s Footage:...
history and culture is not a monolith and in a way it became kind of like a marketing tool to encourage individuals to migrate to move there that this is a place where you can live you can thrive and peacefully reside there were still palpable racial tensions there are
Video examples
Demand a more...
announced in the competition can you imagine in the bureaucratic world of yesteryear getting anything done in a four-month period of time you can barely fill out the forms in that amount of time let alone generate real palpable innovations that improve people's lives
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Edward Burtynsky:...
And as much as there are great things around the corner -- and it's palpable in this room -- of all of the things that are just about to break that can solve so many problems, I'm really hoping that those things will spread around the world
Video examples
The US is addicted to...
before incarceration begins. The energy in the room when you gave your talk was palpable, and it ended up getting you quite a bit of funding from the Audacious Project, which is TED's initiative to get some of these big ideas support
Video examples
Alison Wright: Portraits...
and she threw herself into the ocean to kill herself and that's you know when I put the cameras down and I threw my body on her and she I held her down until someone came and helped her but you know just that the loss the palpable
Video examples
Holly Morris: Why stay...
Home is a transient concept. I have a deeper connection to my laptop than any bit of soil. So it's hard for us to understand, but home is the entire cosmos of the rural babushka, and connection to the land is palpable.
Video examples
Behind the Scenes of...
what's inside the tension is palpable is it dry pink Sonia that's good that means the tube he'll don't know this is gonna be the most exciting part I mean we've never had this perspective of what life
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How fire shapes...
much later would the paradox has become palpable that in many cases setting aside land to shield it from fire only created permanent abodes for fire and that the effort to suppress all fire
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck.
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Peggy Noonan
American Writer
The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track of this, or rather get the balance wrong. Respect is due and must be palpable, but now and then you have to press, to either force them to be forthcoming or force them to reveal that they won't be.
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Jeff Nichols
American Director
My stated goal as a filmmaker is to feel something. Is to have a palpable emotion in my life, carry it through the gauntlet of the filmmaking process and try and have it land for an audience at some point during the viewing experience. That to me is successful filmmaking.
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Baron d'Holbach
French Author
When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
Archimedes was my ideal. I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor, I thought, gives to the world creations which are palpable, which live and work.
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Gerrit Smith
American Politician
Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man.
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Chris Long
American Athlete
I came to Philly not only because of the quality of the team and the organization, but also the fans, the passion - it's really palpable in that city.
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Juno Temple
English Actress
For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.
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John Stuart Mill
English Philosopher
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
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Sean Pertwee
English Actor
I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck.
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Peggy Noonan
American Writer
The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track of this, or rather get the balance wrong. Respect is due and must be palpable, but now and then you have to press, to either force them to be forthcoming or force them to reveal that they won't be.
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Jeff Nichols
American Director
My stated goal as a filmmaker is to feel something. Is to have a palpable emotion in my life, carry it through the gauntlet of the filmmaking process and try and have it land for an audience at some point during the viewing experience. That to me is successful filmmaking.
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Baron d'Holbach
French Author
When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to discover plain truths or to reject absurdities and palpable contradictions.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
Archimedes was my ideal. I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor, I thought, gives to the world creations which are palpable, which live and work.
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Gerrit Smith
American Politician
Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man.
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Chris Long
American Athlete
I came to Philly not only because of the quality of the team and the organization, but also the fans, the passion - it's really palpable in that city.
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Juno Temple
English Actress
For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.
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John Stuart Mill
English Philosopher
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
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Sean Pertwee
English Actor
I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.
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