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- Dictionarysensual/ˈsɛnʃʊəl/
adjective
- 1. relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure: "the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate" Similar Opposite
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Sensual means relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and usage in this online dictionary.
Sensual means physically pleasing. It often is used in a sexual context, but is not exclusively sexual in meaning. Sensual has to do with the five senses, but it comes with a hint of lewdness, a suggestion of sex.
Sensual means expressing or suggesting physical, especially sexual, pleasure or satisfaction. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms, antonyms and translations.
Sensual, sensuous, voluptuous refer to experience through the senses. Sensual refers, often unfavorably, to the enjoyments derived from the senses, especially from the gratification or indulgence of physical appetites: a sensual delight in eating; sensual excesses.
suggesting an interest in physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. sensual lips. He was darkly sensual and mysterious. Word Origin. late Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’.
Sensual means relating to or involving gratification of the senses, especially sexual gratification. Find out the difference between sensual and sensuous, and see examples, translations and related terms.
Sensual can mean relating to the senses, pleasurable, or sexual. It comes from French or Latin and has 16 meanings in OED, some obsolete. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.
