Associations to the word «Susceptible»

Wiktionary

SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Likely to be affected by something
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Easily influenced or tricked; credulous
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
SUSCEPTIBLE, noun. (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

Dictionary definition

SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof".
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Easily impressed emotionally.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn