Sensual

English

Adjective

Sensual (comparative more Sensual, superlative most Sensual)

1. Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.

   That massage was a very sensual experience!

2. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

   Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.

Related terms

• sense
• sensible
• sensuous
• supersensual

Adverbs for Sensual

coarsely; basely; grossly; dissolutely; vilely; undeniably; unfortunately; scandalously; broadly; indecently; deplorably; flagrantly; outrageously; utterly.

Thesaurus

Cyprian, Cyrenaic, abandoned, amorous, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, appetitive, banausic, bawdy, bent on pleasure, bodily, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, debauched, dirty, dissipated, dissolute, earthy, epicurean, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotogenic, erotomaniacal, fleshly, gamic, goatish, gynecomaniacal, hedonistic, heterosexual, hircine, horny, hot, hysteromaniacal, irreligious, ithyphallic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinal, libidinous, licentious, lickerish, loose, lubricious, lubricous, luscious, lush, lustful, luxurious, luxury-loving, mundane, nuptial, nymphomaniacal, obscene, oversexed, physical, pleasure-bent, pleasure-seeking, potent, priapic, procreative, profligate, prurient, rakish, randy, salacious, satyric, sensational, sensatory, sensitive, sensorial, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, straight, sybaritic, temporal, unchaste, undersexed, unspiritual, venereal, voluptuous, wanton, worldly

Etymology

From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”) < Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛnsjuːəl/, /ˈsɛnʃuːəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/, SAMPA: /"sEn.Su.@l/

Translations

inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations

Croatian: sȅnzūalan (hr), pȕten (hr), čȗlan (hr) Czech: smyslný (cs) m.

Finnish: sensuelli (fi)

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French: sensuel, voluptueux Japanese: 官能的 (かんのうてき, kan'nōteki) Scottish Gaelic: feòlmhor, collaidh

External links

• Sensual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Sensual in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Sensual at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• unseals

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Portuguese

Adjective

sensual m. and f. (plural sensuais; comparable)

1. Sexually attractive; sexy.

Inflection

  Inflection of the Portuguese adjective sensual

• Adjectives with this inflection include: abdominal, medieval, normal.

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	sensual		sensuais
comparative	mais sensual		mais sensuais
superlative	o mais sensual sensualíssimo	a mais sensual sensualíssima	os mais sensuais sensualíssimos	as mais sensuais sensualíssimas

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Spanish

Adjective

1. sensual

Noun

Sensual m. and f. (plural sensuales)

1. sensualist